Robin Ford, April 2020

There’s facebook, and there’s Whatsap, and there’s Skype
I thought the market might not have much room
For yet another software and its hype
Until we all were introduced to ZOOM.
And there are many more, they’re coming still
“You pays your money then you makes your choice”
The one we’ll use is free, but no doubt will,
Like all the rest, give images and voice.
For fleeting moments we will seem quite near
Despite our global geographic spread –
These distances will seem to disappear
Which I can make no sense of in my head.
Perpetual bamboozlement, I’d say,
For you are near and yet so far away.