Ode to Very Small Devices

As fairies for the Irish or leeks for Welsh,

it’s the secret lives of small hidden machines,

their junctures, and networks that inspire me:

Mystic hidden functionaries that make

our made world live, brave little servo motors,

whose couplers, whose eccentric fire-filled

sensors are encased in bakelite with brass

screws, who stare with red eyes, who gauge moisture,

who notice tiny motions and respond,

whose cooling fans call out in white-noise

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