for some reason
I keep going back to this typewriter
hoping it will be inspired
enough to write something about me
I check it daily sometimes hourly
I try to sneak up on it
waiting for some sort of
big surprise
it’s happened before
I can’t remember when
but it did happen
so I keep checking on it
like checking for new beatles
in england
I used the internet to buy a used manual portable typewriter plus
extra ribbons as a stand-by for when my venerable Amstrad fails me.
The little manual machine is an example of German engineering
that stands the test of time and I enjoy it for its reassuring presence
in case of need - a bargain for less than £40 when a mail order
concern that shall be nameless now advertises such a machine as
a viable alternative to electronic stuff at a price that exceeds £200 - I
KID YOU NOT! ?
Thanks for that. Don! B
Keep watching your typewriter Rob
It knows just when to clack
It senses when your internet
Goes down with power-lack
You ever had a blackout Rob?
(I don't mean too much booze)
The power-grid people just for fun
Stop work, bad luck, you lose
Your little writer's waiting Rob
For such a blackout fizz
To clack nice gems about you
While country goes a' tizz
Forget new beatles. They ain't coming.....?
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Don Matthews
Thu 26th Sep 2019 15:48
Is there such a thing as a typewriter muse MC ? It seems to be speaking to me lately. Thalia doesn't seem to mind.
I am that little typewriter
You bought for forty pounds
My insides are impeccable
My ribbon reels go round
How'mI doing MC?
I stand 'longside computer
A so-called 'foolproof' thing
I wait for it to bugger up
Ring-a-ding-a-ding
That's my bell MC ?