Dear Telstra

I wish you could forgive me

if I were to end now

our brief relationship.

Sometimes one just knows

a thing isn’t working

and never will.

It’s clear that we have

a communication problem —

at least one.

Your beautiful upright modem

lacks potency and staying power.

How much interruptus can I take?

When it’s this much struggle,

why not give up already

and both cut our losses?

But that’s not the way

you operate.  It’s an expensive

alimony you demand.

Hundreds of dollars yet

to break our contract. I’ll have to

stick it out the rest of the year.

I hunger for a love affair

with the National Broadband Network —

which is still too far away.

Meanwhile I’d be happy enough

to hook up with Dodo while I wait

for the someday when my NBN will come.

Telstra, won’t you please forgive me

all severance payments

and let me go?

Day 13 - Someone you wish could forgive you