Here is a story I thought deserved a poetic mention.
Telephone Line
Scientist digging in New York city discovered a relic of our time
It had been buried a hundred years and was a telephone line
Naturally, they were proud to state and have the media show,
New York city had telephone service one hundred years ago,
What a piece of history, it was buried ten feet under
Here was fact that New York City was an American wonder,
Not to be overshadowed LA County began digging
Lo and behold at twenty feet they found phone line rigging
Hey now, here was proof LA had telephones two hundred years ago,
Maybe they had been planted but who would ever know
What a boon to the pride of LA archeologist’
They could now easily claim, the first service to exist,
But out there in Wisconsin lived a self made engineer,
He determined that maybe down at thirty feet phone lines would appear,
He claimed that three hundred years ago at thirty dirt feet down,
That the earliest of communication had been there in his town,
His digging proved quite difficult, no one had ever dug there,
And to his disappointment, the hole he dug was bare,
But not to be disheartened and leave his followers in distress,
He claimed three hundred years ago , Wisconsin was using wireless.
Game Set Match! Wisconsin--
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Reviewed by Ronald Hull
Reviewed on October 14, 2020
Bravo! Giving Wisconsin the nod in this delightful ditty. Wisconsinites are known for their cheese shaped heads and their honesty. That is why Hodags are real and badgers really are under the ground.
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