Taking a tape from its case
I notice a finger-print smudge
Whose finger did this?
And does he still walk the Earth?
Placing the cassette in the player
I notice the brand: Maxell
And on many other "Maxells",
I thought,
There are: noises, dreams, music.
Frozen in time as they slowly rot away.
I pause and think of what I've recorded.
I smile knowing that its backed up on digital, but
The scowling hiss of tape
and the compressed sound
are what I've come for today
and a tape plays in my tape player
and I enjoy the music.