Gadget Temptation

I haven’t bought one
of these gadget workstations
although I want one.

I want to visit
a hotel for the weekend,
watch a cable film

about Hitchcock’s life
made for HBO, write stuff
in a small notebook,

maybe do drawings
or watercolor sketches
in a small notebook,

and getting away
is harder if I carry
a real instrument—

guitar or keyboard—
but a gadget workstation
can make melodies

or synthesize sounds
and record everything, too,
like a small notebook.

I like small notebooks.
I like gadget cameras
and small computers.

Maybe I’m thinking
my guitar and my keyboard
are just the right size

and getting away
with a gadget workstation
is like temptation—

If I get away
from my guitar and keyboard
and from where they’re at

maybe I’m thinking:
I’ll be happy with gadgets
and I won’t come back.

I haven’t bought one
of these gadget workstations
although I want one.

I’m saving money.
Or I’m saving myself. But
this costs something, too.

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“The Girl” (HBO film)
at Wikipedia

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