Old technology.
I take such pains to make it right,
Avoiding mundane and the trite,
Seeking hues
Just right to use,
But out it comes in black and white!
PS. All the writers in my family were girls except the electric typewriter which was a Brother.
More writers' blues can be read about at Magpie Tales.
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Oh good stuff - love the Brother bit!
ReplyDeleteAnna :o]
I had a Brother sewing machine - and a brother brother, too, come to think of it...LOL
ReplyDeleteNice one, Stafford.
ReplyDeleteDear Stafford: Oh Brother! This is absolutely fantastico! I adore this even if it was only ever, back then, in "black and white". I remember those days quite well!jj Chiccoreal
ReplyDeleteStafford,
ReplyDeleteGreat Limerick! Prints black and white and stuff. I can relate to that. Thanks for the memory!
Hank
I like this Stafford ... black and white. It would have been nice to have a brother.
ReplyDeletelove this,
ReplyDeletebrilliant,
Happy Halloween.
the sisters were writers and the brother was typist?
ReplyDeletelovely black and white - my first non-paper and pencil writing device was an Olivetti portable typewriter for going to university! and that was back in the "dark ages"
ReplyDelete15 years ago, the VA took
ReplyDeleteaway my trusty IBM Selectric,
with correction mode, and gave
me the Apple brick, the first
computer we begin to use in
place of typewriters. I moved
slowly to accept keyboarding
replacing typing; but here we
are, butt-deep in technology,
strapped to our new habitual
behaviors; but love your glance
back; never heard of a Brother
for some reason; have a real
one to compensate though.
Black and white, but read all over. Nicely done, with an audible groan at the end. My Magpie this week is Poet.
ReplyDeletethere is something comforting in the black and white though...funny on the PS stafford...
ReplyDeleteOur typewriter was my sister....love this Stafford! :-)
ReplyDeleteA Brother! Squawk!
ReplyDeleteNice one, Stafford. Reminds me that we are all singers in our family, apart from the sewing machine.
ReplyDeleteNice. I had a tan Brother at one point!
ReplyDeleteperfectly comfortable piece.
ReplyDeleteNo one could call you mundane OR trite ... loved this little ditty. This comment comes to you from lovely Roswell in Atlanta Georgia! Hope you are safe and happy!
ReplyDeleteI don't think I've ever seen a poetic P.S. Very well done.
ReplyDeleteAnd Brother is still around... in some form.
ReplyDeleteThere's definately a great deal to know about this topic. I like all of the points you have made.
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