Couples on the hills

Hello, creatures of the WWW, beings of the virtual brotherhood...

We are never online, but often on land

WE have no email address,

We have no home address either.

We follow no blogs,

We follow our cows.

We live on the same planet as you,

But perhaps in a different reality.

Our life expectancy is about one third shorter

Than the average blogger.

We walk an average of 15 kilometres a day

And are far less likely to be affected

By obesity than by sero positivity.

We have a lot of children,

Because we have no electricity

And are in bed by seven.

We are couples,

Bond together

By a mixture of love and necessity.

Our heads are free from

So many unnecessary complexities;

Our eyes have beheld

A very narrow range of technological diversity.

They have retained the candour

Of profound simplicity

Our hands often become one

With the handles of our hoes...

We hesitate,

We fluctuate...

Whether to beg you to leave us alone,

Or bring us modems and modernity...