The Ecphorizer

On the Threshold of Buying a Hayes Modem
Sheila E. Murphy

Issue #31 (March 1984)

I think I am
Too much a battery to be
Sitting still not moving ahead
In any of my domains

I think I am
Exhausted from going slowly
So long

This Nineteenth Century paced
Communication feels
Drunk tongued
Let me tell you
At lightspeed
No, faster
At thoughtspeed

Once we've been together
I will never have to
Bitch about the missing
World peace

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SHEILA E. MURPHY lists her "true occupation" as poet, but works as a corporate educator for purposes of sustenance. She is also a lifelong flutist.




The Risk Free Self
Sheila E. Murphy

Issue #31 (March 1984)

(Disclosure)

Say perfectly
In laboratory conditions
Words out of the test tube
Flawlessly control grouped
Indisputable
Immutable
Have your say
Your way
Persuade
The ones who already agree with you
Tell them bluntly
(They are expecting you)
What is easy to believe

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SHEILA E. MURPHY lists her "true occupation" as poet, but works as a corporate educator for purposes of sustenance. She is also a lifelong flutist.