Blood From A Turnip

How to get more blood 

Out of this turnip?

Only so much income 

Inflation . . . Inflating 

I'm old enough to remember 

25 cents a gallon 

Gasoline!!

Difference was 

That quarter was made 

Of silver . . .

Scarey when you think 

     About it 

Now it's all bits 

     And bites

In an electronic 

     Brain somewhere 

Science fiction---

     Back when I 

Was reading 

     Science fiction -

And what happens when 

The sun spot comes 

And wipes away all

Traces of numbers from 

The giant inter-web-net

     Brain ?

What if it gets

     A headache ? 

Is there an excedrin 

     Large enough 

An asprin for that ? 

"Take two 

And call me in the 

Morning"

Doctors used to say 

It's inevitable that someday

Something will disrupt 

It's concentration 

Computers. . .

I don't really trust such 

Complicated things 

And what about when 

They begin

To talk to 

Each other 

Where will we be 

Then? 

If only I could add 

A few more zeros 

To the account

Zeros being worth nothing 

But turning 1000

Into 10000

Into 100,000

One could dream of 

Having a checking account 

Like that.