There’s a song that keeps going through my head. I don’t even really know the lyrics. It’s just the tune. La la la….something something. Probably a Top 10 hit from the 60′s that got translated to car commercial background noise, and then elevator muzak. Round and round it goes between my ears.
I’m starting to forget some of the Before. I’m not sure of the last live concert I attended. I think it was…I think it was a country singer. Dirks Bently, or maybe Alan Jackson. It’s getting fuzzy, like a dream that doesn’t matter, or something I did while I was drunk. It doesn’t seem real, so my brain is putting it in the circular file. Damn shame. I used to love music, live music, in the Before. It seemed so important, like an expression of solidarity with the rest of humanity. It was the driving force behind entire industries and millions of lives. So important. Now it’s just another dead echo. And the damned echo keeps bouncing off the walls of my head.
It’s stuck in there like popcorn husk fragments stuck in my teeth from popcorn eaten during a movie I left hours ago. The movie is done, the popcorn is gone, all that remains is the annoying after-effect. I need dental floss for my mind. Something to dislodge this tune…
Sorry to leave this comment here instead of messaging you. Perhaps it is because I haven’t had enough coffee this morning but I can’t seem to find a way to message you. I see you haven’t posted in a while. I hope you’re still around and doing well. Maybe I’ll get to see some more content from you soon?
Thanks for your message. I’m hanging on. Now even the echos are fading.