Lundy’s Undies
Mom worked for Lundy’s, and the firm’s design
Was for the diapers used in outer space.
More of a pouch, this needed interface
The engineers committed to refine.
But Mom worked personnel, and as a sign
Of what she was supposed to take with grace,
When Mom got married, so she knew her place,
It was expected that she would resign.
Despite this treatment, Mom was full of pride,
And thought her work important as the rest.
The astronauts had nothing left to hide
When putting Lundy’s product to the test,
And voyaging where none before could dare,
Because of Mom, they had clean underwear.
Search Engine
Back in the early Nineties, just before
The internet, if what you needed was
A book that happened to be out of print
These are the steps you followed; you would see
Your local antiquarian book dealer,
Fill out a card, and when your dealer had
Collected cards from other customers,
Then he or she would purchase a want ad
In AB Bookman’s Weekly. Other dealers
Who had the book in stock then mailed in quotes,
Your dealer would present these quotes to you
For your discission, and inevitably,
In all these quotes, you always got one from
Jeff Bezos, with his warehouse of old books.
Robert Donohue‘s poetry has appeared in Pulsebeat, The Road Not Taken, and The Rye Whiskey Review, among others. He lives on Long Island, NY.
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