E
s
c
a
p
e
when they intend to respond
red tape is an escape
when they don't want to respond
auto-reply is an escape
when they don't know what to respond
silence is an escape
when they don't know how to respond
forwarding the mail is the best escape
when they must respond
sending a blank mail is also an escape
when they finally respond
pressing the Esc key is also an escape
when all else fail
escape
E
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c
a
p
e!
indeed, escape is the best landscape!
Lin Hsin Hsin
May 22, 2002
This poem was first published in Between the Lines, 2004, 218 pp, ISBN:978-981-04-9512-1, p.84