EX’S CASSETTES

well I caught you
listening to cassettes made by an ex
and sneaking crafty cigarettes
guess you’ve not quite given up yet

loneliness remembers
what happiness forgets
when you’re listening to
cassettes made by an ex

and now it seems you’ve gone
and kept their old phone messages
and o, those letters - read & re-read
held as evidence; held to your chest

loneliness remembers
what happiness forgets
don’t want to know what’s playing
in your head. but I can guess

haven’t eaten – smoke instead
switched to their old brand too
how’d you spell desperate & who said:
‘loneliness remembers what happiness forgets’?

digging out your old cassettes:
songs about love, songs about sex
songs about breaking up, songs of regret
angry anthems, some stuff that’s just plain stupid
languid, laboured… songs about love
songs about dancing, songs about sex
uninvited guests… all the above
songs about songs
and this one about listening to cassettes
made by an ex


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