He asks me how I know that song it’s piece by Satie I can’t remember when I first heard it playing “I am no not sure” I say it whereabouts lost in the fog, grown small in the rear view mirror of my life I stack words like children blocks to say “I grew up around musicians” I tell him
Knock them down with a a first of “ I have listened to a lot of stuff involuntarily… I was just there like a sponge absorbing”
Satie will play on… I will keep far away my uncles guitars and cousins counter with wires and pick ups my brother’s nylon string and my grandmothers singing “ I just really like music; who doesn't?