When Tom learned to type October 1990 He had built homes boats walls but he was forty six years old the day He learned to type A whole new world opened up to A man who had Thot he'd seen it all Home row keys soon became Second nature to this renegade Who'd spent most of his life Avoiding things conventional But what could require more discipline and commitment and desire to learn than teaching your Fingers to find the p's and the q's? Hearing Tom type Made Everything Right With the World
One thing we can say about Anne -- we never know what her new poem will be like. This is a fine thumbnail portrait of Tom, that sketches the most vital aspects of his being. Is there really anything else we need to know about him than Anne has told us?
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