Second-Hand by Glenn Cooper
In the second hand record store I sift
through row after row of dusty LPs,
pausing from time to time to consider
a name scrawled lazily in blue ink,
a coffee cup stain, a trace of ancient
lipstick smeared across a dog-eared
copy of Fleetwood Mac’s Greatest Hits.
It is in these places we discover the
true history of the world, of ourselves,
the way things were and in some fashion
will always be, though the discs
of plastic have now turned to metal,
and the people with whom we shared
these songs are vanished or
changed, our emotional landscape
often untended, like scratched vinyl, hissy
and unlistenable, as we ride the eternal
turntable on its circular orbit
into the dust of all our tomorrows. Art by Anna Deflorian Recommended listening: Oh My Love - John Lennon & George Harrison Links of the Day: Handmade Resin Bracelets Embedded with Flowers and Plants
The Kitty Convict Project 25 classic songs that were once banned New York City’s Art Scene in the 1920s