Ode to Elmer

[boreal_owl]

I've been clearing out my old files and found this early poem, which I wrote after leaving a job in the seventies.

Ode to Elmer
by Barbara Etlin

O Elmer
elegant Edsel of typewriters
how I miss your
creative word coinage
your mysterious and elusive
case ofhic c ough s wh ich would
disappear when the doctor came
and r eapp ea r af te r he'd left

what joyous

Comments

[jamarattigan]

Love this, Barb. We all have our Elmers -- only I didn't name mine :). Love the pyjamas part especially . . .

[boreal_owl]

Thanks, Jama. I've had many electric typewriters, but old Elmer was unique. :-)

[robinellen]

Very nice :)

[boreal_owl]

Thanks, Robin!

[susansee]

Don't worry, I'm sure Elmer was a one-woman typewriter, Barb, and did nothing but type blanks after you left. Thanks for bringing back memories of office work in the seventies. Very clever!

[boreal_owl]

Thanks, Susan! :-)