a piece by b.f.kirkham
It started with a post-it note
a simple square post-it note
coloured bright blue
so the recipient could read it
the sender popped it on the corner of the screen
so the recipient could read it
A second blue post it note
was placed alongside it
a little darker in tone
maybe so the recipient would read it
the second sender thought – making it darker
might make the recipient read it first
Day followed hour – and the post it notes spread
covering the screen like a papernote bed
behind the bed the monitor did go
and its fans moved the post it notes – to and fro
with the lights from the monitor – it looked like a wave
and soon that is how the post-its behaved
Recipient returned to the monitor screen
the rainbow of messages – he wasn’t too keen
but as he moved to see a chink of light
careful as he was – and try as he might
the post-its cascaded in a wave on his spot
over his keyboard like a colourful blot
So for two days straight, he worked night and day
answering the post-it messages, no time to play
making the calls that he should have done first
and answering queries with his best not his worst
as the colours made way, and enquiries disappeared
his pathway to his keyboard, was at last cleared
The Inkwell 