may be a killer if pursued for profit
(as reported in the daily rag).
The worldwide 24 hour appetite
of Internet providers of on-the-minuteness scoops
to dole out to surfers and subscribers
eager for their fix of gossip.
tech updates, politics and crises
(real or imagined -- who cares so long as it sells?)
Boundaries of home- and worklife are blurred,
sometimes nonexistent; the keyboard-cum-treadmill
sets a relentless pace, barely ahead of
whoever nips at your heels.
How many flies alight on your barely sweet
(or savory) nibbles of bait? How long and to what end?
Are you mining the information pits deep enough and
soon enough and finding gold more often than dross?
What does it take of heart, endurance, daring.
skill and imagination to be the first with the best
and often enough to keep above the fray:
recalling words of Rudyard Kipling,
"If you can keep your head when
all about you are losing theirs..."
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