Letters to the Dreaming World

[jjhunter]

those weekly updates
like letters from fictitious
Aunt Edna, the one

who circumnavigated
the world for a cup of tea

you never know when
she might drop by, but always
she brings some tidbits

something personal, something
marvelous, some business too

she's the CEO
of our dream ark, directing
the volunteer crews

singing praise song for coders
and latest in home design

showing us the maps
of what's to come, the places
being created

the embassies to
nations big and small, and the
history-writers

who chart our course in hindsight
who make us real in telling

she reminds us once
a week that community
is a joint effort

that people are there to help
that there's twitter when stuff breaks

that our suggestions
are wanted, and that we can
always unsubscribe

such letters are a pleasure
in an age of hidden news


--
'praise song for...' refers to Elizabeth Alexander's poem 'Praise Song for the Day'.