Guileless Wireless
A lone Indian Perched way up On a mountain top Warming himself By flapping a blanket Over an open fire Up rose smoke puffs At irregular intervals That were caught By sight of eye By another Brave On a different peak
That ubiquitous Electronic signal From anywhere Up in the clouds Was not The brain-child Of David Sarnoff (of Titanic days) And assuredly not From Al Gore Rather we hark back To pre-Edison times Wherein there was An ideal system
Aha! – Our first Internet And further away On many other peaks Other peekers Ergo - Our first Distribution list Just think! No electric utility No Gatekeeper No Fees No one else to horn in On our signals Primitive – But not bad!