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Topic: Cyber Communication (email, IM’s, etc) (11/04/10)
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TITLE: Silver Surfer | Previous Challenge Entry
By Melanie Kerr
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Away from books and knitting
Before a bland computer screen
The young man has me sitting
I have a wireless keyboard and
A hundred keys for pressing
Letters, numbers, arrows all
It’s really most depressing
He opened up the email and
I have a new address
My name with dots and dashes is
A mystery…I confess
He made me write a message
Just to say “How do you do?”
He made me send my message
And it’s on its way to you
He made me send a photo of
A sunny seaside scene
Just mind when you receive it
It’s a place I’ve never been
A black suspicious webcam sits
Close by and winks at me
Apparently you switch yours on
My wrinkled face to see!
A little flag is blinking in
The corner of the screen
It says I have a message and
RIGHT NOW it must be seen
I’m glad to read that you are well
Your op – a fine success
That when we’re done with playing here
You’re off to buy a dress
I s’pose the folk from Merrylands
Have had a fine old time
Our minds need constant stimulus
Our bodies past their prime
The government can tick its box
Into the “web” we’ve crawled
But to this world of cyber space
I know I am not called
I have to say the biscuits here
Are actually quite nice
A piled plate of custard creams
Much more than would suffice
Author’s Note: A recent Government-sponsored scheme “Get On Line” was aimed at getting people online and encouraging others to use the internet more. It included free computer courses and other short training events.
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Somewhat confused at the end-is the MC in a nursing home?
Story is so true of people today who don't want to participate but are being "highly" encouraged."