Epic Encounter | to pdf >>
by M. Tepper Cohen, MD

i TRIED to let them
reprogram my brain;

sit quietly,
click appropriately,
enter data only
when prompted.

But my body,
my body kept
jumping out of the chair,
pacing,
stretching,
distracting,
intervening.

At first I blamed the caffeine,
poor sleep, bad posture, or karma.

But soon I was aware there
is this struggle--
so I used the pen;
at least I can
fight a small battle
on familiar turf
and win;

Before the defensive positions
of my cyberspace
(never knew I had one)
are completely overrun.