Remeber
[back-back-back] mber
When we used white out
[back-back-back-back] -out
Or the coree
[back-back] rective tape on the typewti
[back-back] riter to fix all the typose
[back] ?
Yeah, well
I’ll bet kids these t
[back] days have no idea of what we went through
Just o
[back] to repair silly mistakes —
Those fat-fingered ones we all make
Now control-Z is my best friend
As well as that back space key
I have yet to figure out how kids type with their thumbs, though.
[back-back-back-back-back-back-back-back-back-back-back-back-back-back-back-back-back-back-back-back-back-back-back-back-back-back-back-back] on their phoe
[back] nes with their thumbs, though –
And with higher accuracy ta
[back] than I have even though I took a keyboarding class.
Crazy, yes?
This is my response to the W3 prompt this week. Poet-of-the-week Suzanne Brace asked us to: “Compose a poem that conveys ‘Movement’, using repetition to move your ideas and imagery forward.”
However, I didn’t move forward. Pretty sure I was doing a lot of moving backward.
Hot Dogs and Marmalade 
Well done Sally 😅😂
I remember all those typos. And I don’t understand that fast thumb typing either.
Sally this one is magnificent!!! You really made the most of this prompt 🥰
This is awesome…and I definitely wear out the back space key! I also find myself typing faster as a rule, since mistakes are much easier to correct.
Exactly! I don’t think the next generation can fathom what it was like. Remember corrasable bond typing paper that could be erased? Good times, right?
Saving grace at the time, for sure!
You did a great job with the prompt and it was very cleverly written. I hated all of those correction tapes/white outs/etc. I even remember having to make carbon copies of documents when I first went to work back in the late 70’s.
Love love lobe 🙂
Hahaha
I will never have that dexterity on my cellphone! I love the motion and sound you’ve created with your words. (K)
Oh yes I remember this too! Such a clever poem Sally, I think since we have the keyboard I make far more mistakes just keep back-back-back 😂 I feel I type faster now but I think I was far more accurate when I knew it would be hard to correct! Great take on this
💞Suzanne
Sally – this is ingenious! I love your cleverness! So well done 😀
~David
Control Z is my best friend, too! 😅 Awesome take on the prompt!
This is great fun. 😁 Do you remember Tippex?
I had to look up Tippex. It’s what Americans called White-Out — correction fluid. I was the White-Out queen 😬 😜😂
Hi, Sally! 👋🏻
Just wanna let you know that this week’s W3, hosted by the amazing Mich Navajas, is now live:
https://skepticskaddish.com/2024/05/29/w3-prompt-109-weave-written-weekly/
Enjoy 💖
Much love,
David