song of distraction

[betteroffbad]

I tried to write a poem but got distracted
This time it was a napkin wadded up
I had to fold. Sometimes it's light refracted
Through glass or plastic, sometimes there's a cup
I have to wash. Some people blame on Usenet
The fact that they have yet to write a book
But I am old, and I've met no one born yet
Who can't find sirens everywhere they look
Before Web 2.0, there were newspapers
Before that, ballads about highway capers
Before our grandmothers could speak or sing
There were bugs to watch, and dogs, and everything.