Introducing
A little square with secrets deep, where bytes and bits would safely sleep.
Once the keeper of files and dreams,
In shades of black and faded greens.
A little square with secrets deep,
Where bytes and bits would safely sleep.
You held the code, the games, the tales,
In megabytes - such tiny scales!
Before flash drives, cloud, and speed,
The floppy met our every need.
Sometimes fragile, with clicks and whirs,
We prayed each save would not deter.
A disk corrupted? A tragedy -
Lost in digital memory.
Now dusty, stored on shelves unseen,
A faded icon of the machine.
Oh, floppy disk, we give you praise,
For simpler times and slower days.
Floppy Disks
Digital illustration + painting by NAI
2024
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