Ode to Pink Pearl
by Bill Flury
This month we have something special for you… a little break from everyday rigors! In this cute, nostalgic and light-hearted poem, Bill Flury celebrates the virtues of his favorite piece of office stationery. Enjoy!
Ode to Pink Pearl
by Bill Flury, 1993
I’ve always been in love,
With a wonderful girl,
A sweetheart since childhood,
Fabulosita, Pink Pearl.A fixture in my school box,
And later in my pack,
My lovely Pink Pearl,
I really need you back.You helped me on tests,
With a twist and a swirl,
Wiping out the wrong answers,
What a wonderful girl!You ate up graffiti,
Like a hungry shark,
Leaving clear space behind you –
No trace of a mark.Now, with computers,
We erase with a mouse,
And there’s no more Pink Pearl
Anywhere in our house.We’ve forgotten about you,
Fixing slips without fail;
How when we were writing,
You always saved our tale.I miss you deeply my former companion,
Faithful friend and best girl.
Could life’s miscalculations
Be rubbed out by Pink Pearl?
Bill, Peter’s Physics professor at the Naval Academy wrote a piece called “Chalk Talk.” saying this was the best way to teach. How can a computer teach you anything. It can maybe instruct or entertain, but to really learn anything, there has to be some “give and take.” Pink Pearl memory: wiping away the eraser detritus, much more satisfying than back-spacing, and less troublesome. Joanne