Wednesday, May 22, 2013

through the computer screen


His face peers into the big black square, his forehead lined with the marks of age.
His feeble hands lift the phone up.
“H-H-Hello? Maddie? Are you there?”
A young voice crackles from the technology.
“Hi, gramps!” He can hear her smile. “I’m here!”
The old man smiles. It was so good to hear her voice.
“So, how do you turn this thing on?”
Gramps listened. The screen changed colours and a sound erupted from the speaker adjacent. He followed the instructions.Typing in his email (which he didn’t know he had!). Pressing the phone next to the button that read Maddie’s name.
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Maddie saw his face fill up the screen.
Gramps had tears in his eyes.

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