Ode to the Tool Bar
By Susan Taylor Block
Thou stripe of empowerment, at my touch,
making the writing much more of a game,
fonts and alignments, a bit of design —
printing companies used to do the same.
I can make things vanish, then reappear,
print them bold as Prufrock walking the beach,
or slant an entire book with just two clicks.
This italicizing I find most dear:
when a mind is angled to its best reach,
it can spot humor lurking in the sticks.
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WBM february 2012
