clancy
I had written him a text Which I ' d sent , hoping the next Time he came in mobile coverage He ' d have time to say hello . But I ' d heard he ' d lost his iPhone , So I emailed him from my phone , Just addressed , on spec , as follows :
clancy @ theoverflow
And the answer redirected Wasn ' t quite what I ' d expected And it wasn ' t from the shearing mate Who ' d answered once before . His ISP provider wrote it And verbatim I will quote it : ' This account has been suspended : You won ' t hear from him no more .'
In my wild erratic fancy Visions come to me of Clancy : Out of reach of mobile coverage Where the Western rivers flow . Instead of tapping on the small screen , He ' d be camping by the tall green River gums a pleasure That the town folk never know .
Well , the bush has friends to meet him But the rest of us can ' t greet him : Out there , even Telstra ' s network Doesn ' t give you any bars . He can ' t blog the vision splendid Of the sunlit plains extended Or tweet the wondrous glory Of the everlasting stars .
I am sitting at the keyboard And I ' m too stressed out to be bored As I answer all the emails By the deadlines they contain While my screen fills with promotions For ' V1aggra ' and strange potions And announcements of the million-dollar Prizes I can claim .
St Margaret ’ s News 10 February 2022