Five for Friday: Cassettes; Struggle Was Real; Tangible; 1000 Kids; Dedication & Patience

Poems (audio w/ commentary)

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Cassettes

Sold tape collection
for a whomping 7 bucks
Hell and back that sucks!

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Struggle Was Real

Slow tape rewinding
to play that one note or play
back to beginning

The untangling
of looped up ribbon inside —
surgeon handling!

The scotch tape sticking
job done atop the shell grooves
to erase and write songs

Oh, such old school pains!
The struggle was real- no doubt!
Kids today don’t know!

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Photo by Roman Kraft on Unsplash

Tangible

I still want to see my music,

delicately hold her

in the palm of my hand

marvel at her perfect round shape

look through her and see rainbows

and imagine how she sees me

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1000 Kids

I have about 1000 kids,

more or less… I lose count

but that doesn't mean

those I may have missed aren't special.

Some of them are old

but have hardly aged,

and they have kept me young

through the years.

The oldies are treasured like my newbies,

with whom I wait to share

more times, good and bad.

Either way, the experience is cherished.

I have taken them all in

from places familar and strange,

have sheltered, cared for them,

certainly left my imprint on them.

How they shine,

twinkle in my eye...

As I look at all of my CDs,

I see reflections of me.

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Dedication and Patience

Such dedication,

a world of patience needed

in the painstaking

practice of CD

skip repair … and indeed in

fixing you, my dear.

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Questions for commentary:

Who has a music cassette and/or CD collection and still adding it?
Do you value vinyl and are buying it these days?
What music are you buying the days?

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