Typewriter

Typewriter 

I had one back home

a Remington, it weighted a ton

grey, not as temperamental

as my laptop, I'm sentimental

Then, one day I found one, on a driveway

A red coloured possible stowaway 

Logo was gone, and so were some keys

I'd take her home, give her a new lease 

But pause, my son was with me

And he asked, as only his ten years see

Mom, who picks up a dinosaur off the street?

O! Son, who throws away a machine that makes life sweet?

We left her there

I turned, a final stare

And a dog came sniffing

I shivered, seeing his hind leg lifting.

Tasnim Jivaji 

Oct, 17 2023