what happens to songs when they're no longer sung
the ones no one translates, the ones forgotten
when the fashion changed, when you outgrew all that
what happens to high school songs with
tight T-shirts, feathered hair and no boyfriend
family gathering songs singing German on full stomachs
record store summer job minimum wage songs
camp counsellor songs that no one can stand any more
where do they go
what happens to the time that moves through you
that you learn to count in threes and fours
that you mark out on black and white keys
in the steps between waking and sleep
what happens in the distance
from one note to the next
2 comments:
This is wonderful... love how you take the songs into so many interesting places. Thank you!
I too love all the places this takes me, especially the spaces (fingers, waking, notes) at the end. Nice jumps! There is something about learning or hearing music that goes beyond the conscious to that between waking and sleeping state.
What about putting "songs" at the end of each description like you with record store? That is: What happens to high school tight T-shirt, feathered hair and no boyfriend songs, family gathering in German on full stomach songs.
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