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C90

C90

 

Imagine

Carrying around two vinyl records

In a plastic case just four inch long

And half an inch wide

How good would that be?

 

Sitting

at a hi-tech record player

that lets you copy the sounds you hear

and with the subtle use of ‘PAUSE’

transfer onto a compilation tape.

 

Saturdays

Moving from format to format

The highlights of a dozen albums

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Waiting For Miss Write

Waiting For Miss Write.

 

“I like you”, I said,

without the need for thumbs pointing to the sky.

She smiled, a beautiful smile.

Her face unlike a circle with U lips.

 

We parted on a kiss

that had nothing to do with sex or X.

Promising that we’d talk again

later in the week.

 

The phone box on the corner

wasn’t mobile - so I was.

I walked ...

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