Wednesday 12 January 2011

Once upon a time there was a young man
in a vehicle which was about to crash.
He realised this a few seconds before anyone else
and quickly picked out his favourite song
on his music player so that
his death would be cinematic and beautiful.
It was difficult to pick a favourite in the end.
Just at the moment of impact
he pressed Play but the song
took a few moments to begin. In the
silence that followed
the song played through tiny earphones
and was heard by no one.

1 comment:

Adam J Smith said...

Idiosyncratic, as always... I tried to pick at it, but the line breaks and word choices are on the money... my one possible alteration would be the final line, something about the earphones covered in blood, or playing for blood and bone, or something visceral like that, which would portray an image instead of just saying heard by no one...

I like.

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