Please Stand By

Before the time of 24/7 everything

Before your choice of 200 channels

After midnight the local broadcast channels

would play the national anthem 

and then send out a test pattern

not unlike the one above

until a decent hour

the next morning

I haven't been in the water 

in at least a week

so I have nothing new

to report

Even the books I'm reading

are uninteresting

So the staff here

at 23B

wishes you a good day

until next time

PS the combo swells over the weekend looked fun