the song I recorded off the radio
Sitting with pencil and a notepad
listening intently to
the song I recorded off the radio
pausing
to catch up with the words in my mind
then
rewinding the cassette tape
a little
reading along my best guess
I wonder now
if hearing the same part of a song
over and over
as I agonized over lyrics
bothered my family
or maybe
they were just happy
I was busy
learning
how to string words together
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