I Suffer an e-Change, or, Electronic Blues / by Brian Kunde

I Suffer an e-Change,
or, Electronic Blues
by Brian Kunde

I sing to thee, O Internet,
O muse of modern men,
Or would, if I could only get
The notes out, through my pen.

The song that Homer sang, the Greeks
Set down upon the page.
The rhyme I set to paper seeks
The Web, this day and age.

As written word replaced the voice,
So keyboard hath my ink.
Of tools to aid the mind, our choice
Doth ever change, I think.

The medium tomorrow may
Make heir unto the air
We now know not, though we may say
Today it isn’t there.

A pox upon thee, Internet!
Thou digitize my views
Right off the page: from thee I get
The electronic blues.

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I Suffer an e-Change, or, Electronic Blues

Originally published in
SUL News Notes, Vol. 5, no. 4, Jan. 26, 1996.

1st web edition posted 7/29/2008.
This page last updated 9/20/2013.