Still in Use Every Day
Just in Time Again
You came along just in time.
There was no reason.
There was no rhyme.
With five cent solutions,
you saved the day,
made my life livable,
continuing to work or play.
It was all about survival,
and moving on in life.
Accomplishing greater things,
rather than mired pain and strife.
Just-in-time technology,
made what was lost return.
Robustly better than before,
available at every turn.
A metal splint to hold a pen,
a lease on life to write again.
An electric typewriter's easy keys,
made one finger typing a breeze.
Power steering and power brakes,
made driving possible again.
Drove for hours upon hours on end,
wherever I wanted, and when.
When driving became too hard to bear,
zero pressure controls were in the air.
Learning to drive a whole new way,
opening vistas for me, a brighter day.
Unable to control urine anymore,
an external catheter settled the score.
When walking became too difficult to bear,
I moved effortlessly into an electric chair.
When typing became too onerous to do,
the personal computer came into view.
As voice recognition gathered generations,
these poems became mere verbal notions.
Working and writing in a whole new tone,
going to the movies without leaving home,
everything I need at my beck and call,
just in time, you came with it all.
Fulfilled me in ways before unknown,
just in time help has also shown,
made my life very full and happy.
Far away from down, sad and sappy.
There are still things that I still, cannot do,
but you are always there carrying me through.
There certainly isn't any reason for me.
But, unlike Hamlet, I still choose, to be.
Copyright 2018 © Ronald W. Hull
5/2/18
You can read this poem at my website here.
Just-In-Time Technology (2005) - http://www.authorsden.com/visit/viewPoetry.asp?id=172321&authorid=3918
Just in Time (1998) - http://ronhullauthor.com/poems/justintime.htm
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I'm thankful for so many things- even when I don't personally need them.
Wish life was only all about making everything better for everyone.
John
I love how you look at things differently than most people. Powerful.
Shervin
Your intestinal fortitude astounds me !
I Salute you !
Pax Tecum ... ✌️
Love ya!
Jane