Time changes formats-we adapt.
From cave art to stone tablets to cuneiform on clay
to papyrus to paper to page is a leap of ages
Ipads and KINDLE remind us of past styles-
yet rely upon battery/electricity to survive
As music once was live,and only recently recorded
we went from 78 shellac to vinyl 45s,331/3 LPs
from steel needles to laser beams reading CDs.
Now downloading means most do not buy old pasts
which are remastered and reissued on new formats endlessly.
Covens of vinyl collectors retain records for DJs to play
much as books become antiques and artifacts of earlier days
Who owns a cassette player-mush less cassettes?
Who remembers 8 track?Garage Sales and museums
make artifacts of historical stages.Books adapt as stores close/
we retain nostalgia for formats,and retro defines our age.
All e books will also be replaced in time ,as change compounds
and digital children demand GOOGLE with FACEBOOK and HULU
All you have seen is just the beginning.
In Australia,there are no animals in circuses-just acrobats
Soon,books will be screened ,and music seen
both live and virtual,digital and analogue
Markets dictate formats.Adaptation is everything
Join the Circus!(Virtual-a digital fantasy game sans sawdust
while children still sit through real Barnum &Bailey performances.
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