i cranked my music box harder
only to stop and hear it echo in the void we created.

i cranked my music box harder
so that you could hear where i was
in this darkness that you created.

i was waiting. wanting.
you used to have such a loud music box
and i would listen to it for hours
and i would put money in the monkey's cup

i cranked my music box harder
but nothing came out.
a tree falling in the forest with no one to hear it.

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i saw you on the corner cranking your music box
but i'm trying not listening to your music anymore.
ignoring your monkey that now wants to rattle it's tin cup at me.
putting my headphones on and listening to my own music as i crank along.