Appeal to a Typewriter

There's dust on the little round keys

and I'm writing it off;

taking the grime into my fingertips and leaching it out

in a ribbon of ink.

I sat down and noticed

and dread shot through like I had been cheating on a lover,

like I spent a hot sopped night between someone else's sheets.

There's a small dead spider dangling from my left tab setting.

It just gets drearier and I feel guiltier. It's body

is cradled gently beside the cool black metal

and it's crumpled white exoskeleton twists and sways with my breath.

I am ashamed.

All of the keys besides QZ(1/2)(1/4)$/? and 0-9 save for

8 are oily and shine again.

I apologize my dear, truly I am very sorry.

But I am back to clean out your cob webs

and now that the letters are glassy and warm

another chapter begins.

Reviews

[Leap]

Ohhhh you. Darling It's late and I was finishing homework and thought I'd check the site. I can't tell you how happy I am that I did. This piece is superb -- it takes a lot for me to want to use that word. I've read it twice and I will read it again once I am sober. The imagery of the entire situation played out like an old silent movie, like flipping through pictures of consecutive events. I don't know if that makes much sense but that's just how it played out in my head. You've left me with a nice end to my evening. It's beautiful, you're a beautiful writer and I miss you.

[Lorraine]

I like the way you dramatized a very ordinary scenario into something not quite ordinary. You have a unique way of playing with words and reconstructing ideas.

Keep Writing. ^___^

[Gary McDonald]

I love this!! I've read it three times already and it keeps getting better. You seem to have this remarkable ability to tell a story, within a poem. So it has the vivid description that paints everything so clearly for the reader, yet maintains the smooth flow of a poem. If i had to pick a favourite part, it would probably be,
"There's a small dead spider dangling from my left tab setting.
It just gets drearier and I feel guiltier. It's body
is cradled gently beside the cool black metal
and it's crumpled white exoskeleton twists and sways with my breath."

I don't really know why, it just reads so well. Incredible writing, as always!!

[Hello, Goodbye]

really strong.. very good and interesting..

[Michael X]

wow, lovely depth, superior orginality, more so this captures a glimpse in time,
perfectly still, emotionally thought provoking, brilliant

[Pen Draggin']

I actually wrote this just as I sat down to my typewriter after not having done so in over a month. I wanted to start on a new chapter but what I saw on my instrument was too good not to write. So I wrote everything I thought and felt just as it came. I think it turned out pretty good.

[DavidRyan]

Extremely well done. I like the structure of it and the fact that you told me you were going to write a poem about your typewriter, and then did. Having the inside scoop on things is always awesome. Spiders have been a common character in my stories . They're just so damn interesting. Hope all is well.