The computer age has spawned
A brand new industry -
Writing and forwarding enmails -
And it's all completely free.
Some contain advice and warnings
About lipstick and Aspartame
Some say I'll get Alzheimers
If |I do not use my brain.
There are warnings about frauds and scams
A new one every day
And how to tell a genuine mirror
From one that is two-way.
Apart from the authors
Of inaccurate and alarmist prose
There are millions of workers
That no one every knows.
The army of volunteers
Log on every day
Reverentially down-load the junk
And send it on its way.
There are a limited number of write-ups
Both profound and inane
And with so many forwarders
They circle again - and again.
Once an email has been sent
It can journey without pause or rest
Circling the electronic oceans -
A modern day Marie Celeste.
March 2007
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