-
lying on a closet floor
that stretches for over
two decades—
memories
messages, pictures and songs
from back in the day stored
inaccessibly in a rusting box
that has not functioned in years
and next to it, a laptop with a
deployed CD tray sits sideways
partially draped by a sheet
these machines may have
shared stories once,
but its doubtful they really
knew each other
—
miles away in a nursing home
a petrified brain rests in some
kind of medicated peace
while another lays quietly on his
side under a blanket watching
for the other one's last breath
hearing kids just outside
laughing into their devices —
he hopes for a chance to take
his last spin on –anyone's–
old record player...
s jones
2021
.
Aug 19, 2021
Aug 19, 2021 at 5:59 AM UTC
-
lying on a closet floor
that stretches for over
two decades—
memories
messages, pictures and songs
from back in the day stored
inaccessibly in a rusting box
that has not functioned in years
and next to it, a laptop with a
deployed CD tray sits sideways
partially draped by a sheet
these machines may have
shared stories once,
but its doubtful they really
knew each other
—
miles away in a nursing home
a petrified brain rests in some
kind of medicated peace
while another lays quietly on his
side under a blanket watching
for the other one's last breath
hearing kids just outside
laughing into their devices —
he hopes for a chance to take
his last spin on –anyone's–
old record player...
s jones
2021
.
