To You (03)

It was meant to be tiny,
Which means convenient
And to fit the schedule
For which it was apportioned.

It was meant to be compact
To fit into a space
Smaller than the one required
by the brain to count to four.

It was meant to be didactic
With easily traceable parallels
Hard-wired in its verbal system
So that meaning didn’t overflow

Into uninvited areas
Where there might be problems
Where there might not be tools
or special “plugs” to fix it.