Thursday, August 27, 2015

The First Lesson in Diplomacy - poem



Lawrence Hall
Mhall46184@aol.com

The First Lesson in Diplomacy

A fountain pen cannot be monitored
By frightened Norks at ranks of glowing screens
Or hipster graduates of M.I.T.
Submissive to their way-cool boy-gods

A sheet of paper never breaks an oath
Or whispers carelessly across the sky
A bottle of ink stands firm upon your desk
And knows all secrets only ‘til they dry

A fountain pen cannot be monitored
So take it up, and not that spying ‘phone

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