Day 4’s prompt for NaPoWriMo asked us to check out Liminal Bots Twitter photo gallery of abandoned places. I let (made the mistake of?) letting my daughter pick the photo I would use from Liminal Spaces, and she chose this gem. Who isn’t inspired to poetry by old school computer labs?
Your cutting edge has dulled, worn by the frantic hunting and pecking of a generation practicing Windows while gazing out classroom windows at the wild green world outside.
O but nowadays they carry universes in their pockets. Got a new perspective: windows with screens and Rose-tinted, if cracked, glass.
They keep their children safe away from classrooms- behind shuttered windows- sprawled on beds, blinking in the blue light cast by a screen- school through a window- wrestling with algebra.
Really like this and good on your daughter for picking such a rich image. Maybe cut a few words? I think oh but now they carry whole universes in their pockets might read better?
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Thank you for the praise and for the feedback!
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