why G.S. Hurst invented the touch screen

why G.S. Hurst invented the touch screen

The sign reads ‘look but do not touch’
where flocks of backpacked students drift
afloat behind the docent’s wake
of practiced words—

‘Look at the way the artist’s brush
lays heavy strokes,’ and someone slips
their iPhone out while junk-drawer pens take
notes on colored pads

that come in packs of three. A whiff
of day-old deli meat mom stuffed
inside a bag keeps pace behind
the shuffling group

as if it doesn’t want to miss
a word, and Mrs. Baker huffs
when someone asks if there is time
to see the gift shop

after lunch. With flip-flopped feet
they clap their way back to the bus
to talk about the pastel boobs
they saw, the fat

lady with purple pants, the fleet
of naked marble men lined up
in shameless undress, to soon
forget it all except

the 'look but do not touch' that's chiseled
like the David in their minds.