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when I’m rich
when I’m rich I will buy
a record player
and dedicate shelves upon shelves
to vinyls collecting
the songbooks of time
at least as I understand them…
from Red River Valley
to Ian Curtis,
the cowboy songs
and Irish folk…
the mad, the gay,
the melancholic,
the fortunate, happy,
and not…
my tastes might not be yours,
but I’ll be dancing in the buds,
not hastening to bid adieu,
and wanting to sit beside you…
a record player
and dedicate shelves upon shelves
to vinyls collecting
the songbooks of time
at least as I understand them…
from Red River Valley
to Ian Curtis,
the cowboy songs
and Irish folk…
the mad, the gay,
the melancholic,
the fortunate, happy,
and not…
my tastes might not be yours,
but I’ll be dancing in the buds,
not hastening to bid adieu,
and wanting to sit beside you…
Published 29th Mar 2023
Author's Note
The last couplet is a spin on a couple of lines from the famous American folk song Red River Valley.
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7th Apr 2023 2:42am
It shouldn't cost too much to erect a couple of shelves & maybe aquire a record player via the exchange shop. However you do it, it does sound rather homely.
