This Poem was Submitted By: Nancy L. Dymond On Date: 2001-02-12 23:23:59 . . . Click Here To Mail this Poem to a Friend!

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Remember the Abacus!

We're megabitten, number-crunched, we're ROMMED and RAMMED to death, We're supposed to feel the privilege of hi-tech, But more often we're disgusted by the microchips we trusted, And we'd like to boot the whole darn thing to heck! When Marco Polo ventured forth for profit from the East, Compelled by grand adventure, wanderlust, He found that those in China had been counting one to nina On an instrument they called the abacus. On a wooden frame with wires on which spun some colored beads, Worked a person who was trained which way to move 'em, Spinning hues of skies and seas made the counting chore a breeze, My question is why bother to improve 'em? When man has reached his limit, who will have the final say? Will robotics steal Prometheus' fire from man? Or will humans show their might, pull the plug, turn out the light, To reveal that common sense was once the plan?

Copyright © February 2001 Nancy L. Dymond


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