Carol Baldwin

Carol Baldwin

Dubious Symphony

Click, tap, tap, pause, click and clack

Tap, click, tap, tap pause clack

Tap, tap, click, click, tap, click and tap

Rhythmic percussion of keys

Resounding digital caress

Heavy punching

Lightly touching

Fingers stroking plastic rows

Not on board of instrument, no…

Awkward mechanical panel

Echoing muted monotonous tones

In timed pitch

Playing tunes lacking resonance

No Composer’s ear to hear

Click, tap, tap, pause, click and clack

Tap, click, tap, tap pause clack

Tap, tap, click, click, tap, click and tap

With every beat a

Spattering of dots, print on screen

Destined flow upon glowing slate

Characters measured as words

Line by line, row by row, and page by page

Blinking curser’s brush, like fate

Ideas out of mind displayed

For inattentive eyes

Click, tap, tap, pause, click and clack

Tap, click, tap, tap pause clack

Tap, tap, click, click, tap, click and tap

Typist heedless of harmonic sound

Only tactile sense remains ‘til

Winding down methodical refrain

Click, tap, tap, pause, click and clack

Tap, click, tap, tap pause clack

Tap, tap, click, click, tap, click and tap

A dubious symphony has played.