Deryck N. Robertson is from Peterborough, Ontario, where he lives with his wife, Heather, and four children.
Two Spaces
I don’t always feel old
(Only when I get out of bed
And try walking
Across the bedroom floor)
I don’t drive with my
Turn signal on
Nor do I drive slowly
(Full disclosure, Officer,
I always adhere to the speed limit)
I’ve never yelled at kids
To get off my lawn
Or keep balls that have landed
In my yard
But c’mon!
I grew up in a typewriter world!
The snap and pop of metal keys
Striking the page through the
Inky red-black ribbon
You have lived your easy life
With word-processed efficiency
Backspacing and deleting
Adding your little circumflexes
And “typing” in Comic Sans (ugh)
I don’t begrudge you
And rather enjoy the simplicity
Myself
But please, for the love of all things
It’s TWO spaces after a period