Old LPs

OLD LPs

I have about two hundred old LPs
ancient as stone axe heads
speaking of tribes in distant times
but rarely play them now the phono's wonky
and lends to every tune a lurching rhythm
as played by bands heroically pissed
the phono itself a period piece

soon they will gather fluff in some charity bazaar
like me as out of date as perry como
their surface scarred as my lugubrious mug
lord the freshness when they first were played
and my hair black and shining as these discs

what troglodytes spun these platters!
sounds of my best times -
to play them now would crack my heart -
my heart - my heart - my heart -