Machine Talk
Charles E. Agu · 1992
Do you remember me
I am big, tall and new
You should know me.
I can print two at twelve
Thousand per hour
We are two of the same kind
But not twins
My sister’s name sounds Vicky!
She can print two times two
variegated and she’s fast too
She’s used to making two piece coat
for you
And now even your inner wears we
make
We know you very well.
You should know us too
We have many house-helps in twos
Two brothers that cut things into
two
There is also one that prints but he is
not two
Count us in twos because you are
two on twentieth
When we line up in twos
It’s a chariot of printing excellence
And we’ve made many books with
two covers.
We are the only two in town
Our tower is NEWPAK PLC
Two years ago you were born
Two men brought you to us
for a two piece coat
Male in two times two colours
You know us now.
You’ve made great impressions
Even though you’re yet young
you’ve grown fast
That can never be over-accentuated
We are your witnesses
Many times we’ve had to
print those impressions
We hear you say impressively
You are our witness
That’s why two-somely we are
happy
to be your friend
And to say
Congratulations at two.
EDITOR’S NOTE
First published in Citizen, Monday, August 24, 1992.
Source: Archiving.