Here is a two-part blog consisting of two poetic monologues which when heard in sucession create a dialogue. I shall be performing these at OpenMind Valentine's Special at Earth Cafe, 16 - 20 Turner Street, Manchester, England, M4 1DZ on Valentine's Day. There are still 8 performance slots left in the OpenSpace.

 

I remember a time

 

When songs were sung through me,

 

Now they shuffle and bustle

 

in chaotic abandon.

 

 

 

I breathe, as last breaths

 

are pushed in passing.

 

Ideas tap and wait,

 

Broadcasting a pensioner's purgatory.

 

 

 

I've been forced into evolution,

 

as I refuse to do so

 

they play my broadcasts

 

as apps, streams, podcasts.

 



I lie alone and twisted

 

like the knobs that spark my life and bring my death.



__________

 

 

I remember when I used to be

 

stuck in one place. Like you,

 

Now I run on a battery smaller

 

than your patience.

 

 

 

Video killed the radio star

 

YouTube made new presenters.

 

Why pay for what you can get for free*

 

if you pay a monthly fee?

 

 

 

You're out of touch

 

whilst I'm touch screen.

 

You''re obsolete, crawl into your

 

gutter where nightmares walk freely.

 

 

 

I continue to ring the bells

 

to the tune of your death.