Wednesday 15 July 2009

the tranny

the transistor crackles
beeping
this background noise
commenting on stuff
like a noisy blog
a blind tv
at the ears of racegoers
that's how I remember
or on my windowsill
tuning in to 2SM
before FM was a wave
that blipped through
our ears
and blipped
at our brains
standing still like a mini
skyscraper
on the grass
in the summertime
can't hear it really
not over the lawnmower
or the cicada's
but it's there
somewhere
crackling
beeping
blipping away