Wednesday, 24 October 2012

an ode to ceefax p.302



                                                            page three-oh-two

                                                            with your straightforward ways

                                                            you take me back
                                                            
                                                            to those halcyon days

                                                            when life was simple

                                                            and the text was too

                                                            in headline white

                                                            or main copy blue.

                                                            as i mulled over breakfast

                                                            punching keys on the remote 

                                                            watching the numbers

                                                            upwards they'd float

                                                            until the moment of reckoning

                                                            appeared before me

                                                            in my morning haze

                                                            I'd typed in page two-oh-three.





1 comment:

  1. Ah, I remember these days. My most memorable Ceefax moment was when I was checking the Arsenal v Charlton score at Highbury in 2003 I think. Anyway, I got the biggest surprise to see a 2-4 final score win to Charlton. Great times.

    ReplyDelete