FAX MACHINE ERROR.

AN OFFICE FAX MACHINE ERROR

I couldn't help
but chuckle
as someone
attempted to make

mass use
of the ancient
(excavated in Egypt
by Howard Carter, 1922)

fax machine
(in the office)
for the first time.
When asked

why they didn't
go find a scanner?
Too busy
drinking tea.

Take your drink
with you
was the suggestion.
But concerned they'd

be attacked by badgers
& smash
their favourite mug.
The more they come

out of their shell
the funnier they become.
Ah yes, as ancient
as it may be

it does in fact
have a feeder
& redial button,
so there was no need

to send each page
separately & redial
the same number
again & again.

Written by my late son Oliver Collett(1984-2014)