poetry: american as apple: a steve jobs tribute poem

Tuesday, October 11, 2011

american as apple: a steve jobs tribute poem

steve jobs died
& the world wide web
cried out their i’s

the genius illusion
is american as

pie:

a lonely wizard
behind a large velvet curtain
keeping
the legend
alive

2 comments:

MagyarOctober 12, 2011 at 11:36 AM
Maxine, remarkable... to the core. _m
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gabriellebrydenOctober 12, 2011 at 2:26 PM
Who is this Steve Jobs everyone keeps talking about - hahaha (I have never owned any Apple products - I must be a cavedweller). Clever poem Maxine.
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