THE NEW CAVE
by A. Griffin

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Nietzsche said,
"Our writing tools are also working on our thoughts,"

Morse, testing his long line, messaged,
"What hath God wrought?"

Is a mere machine for writing words,
all that I have bought?

Is to create, as to destroy,
the two conjoined, as by a knot?

Shall I tear apart the planet,
with what little time I have got?

Am I bringing you in here with me,
you reading, into my head?

Shall my pulse linger inside of you,
long after am I dead?

Are the keys upon this board,
freeing me from my own cage?

Or am I marveling at shadows
like the men in Plato's cave?

If the screen of this machine,
is the wall of my modern cave,

Will my cavern painting words,
endure the legacy of days?

If a cave fits in a pocket,
can I still get lost inside?

Can the light of an electric wall
shine light into to my mind?

Can this wall become a door?

How deep do dare I explore?

I can't know,
unless I
write.

Write.

Just write.

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The Pomera DM 100 and the AlphaSmart Neo 2 are the machines I do nearly all of my writing on.

The Pomera in particular totally changed my life and my ability to create, and I wrote this.

Art of Griffin H by Polymori.

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