Saturday, October 17, 2009

GOOGLE

Caught in your web more than any other,
I seem to grow with every click and scroll
as you propel deep into cells, master
vast orbits of stars, bowl me down long rolls
of media ranging from NY Times
to Pravda.ru, Wikipedia,
and The Sonneteer. (Hey, is it a crime
to plug myself? Not near as greedy a
grab as Wall Street banks’ bloodsucking bailouts.)
I marvel at your fast response to each
typed search, your tidy lists. I never doubt
you’ll accept my query, though I may reach
beyond reason sometimes. Still, I’m not pleased
to hear how you’re censoring the Chinese.

Roger Armbrust
October 17, 2009