Gunter unlocked the door to the barn.
The sunlight that entered the dark barn with us
_____through the door from the outside.
fell on the carcass of a rare Apple III
that lay dormant on the ground
near the entrance.

Superceded crts, controller cards,
_____motherboards of every era,
power supplies, Ethernet cards, Hercules cards,
abandoned hard drives,
external faxmodems, tape drives, high capacity tape backup systems
lay on makeshift tables, or on the floor,
or on bales of yellow hay_____
_____in the cow stalls.
Gunter grinned. Lit a cigarette.
He offered me one, and I took it.

..................................................... home