ode to code

ah, the wonders of technology.

who would have thought that all it takes
to communicate with another
in a remote time zone
on distant co-ordinates
halfway round the globe,
is merely
a decent machine,
a bit of software,
and a few numbers to be fed into the telephone network.

(yes, one has to contend with slow, sluggish dial-up,
when one's area of abode,
running on a fibre-optic network,
has the honour of being 'too high-tech'
to take advantage of currently available DSL services.)

worlds get smaller,
fears are quelled,
worries allayed,
trepidations alleviated,
yearnings fulfilled.

hail, research, development,
progress and advancement!
may there be more to come
(and may there be broadband for some!)