Something To Hear Poem by Frank Bana

New music! It came from Amazon
The old-fashioned way, through the letter box
Ringo complaining loudly at the invasion
But this way, it's more fun than s
You wait beyond a day
And open the pack with plastic gloves
Disinfect the table-top
And then you're set to play

Elvis reappears, and just in time
With years gone by, brings something new to hear
With Bacharach! With Carole King!
And one by one, I unwrap each track
In my low security kitchen
A box of sweet surprise, good news

He sings each song from a female point of view
He glides on strings, he tries to sing in French!
That new wave heart, still beating strong
And mighty like a rose, and true
The chords frolic in many ways
The phrases slice through buttered tunes
I'm sure I shall embrace the songs like friends
Like in the old Get Happy days

I play them in the garden
On repeat throughout the house
Copy to MP3
To savour on my sanctioned daily walk
Melodic dawns renewing endlessly
Never without music. Something we share
Although it can't compare to being there

Now the e-papers are saying
There's a new Laura Marling
With a song about her daughter
A sequel to Alexandra Leaving
So I think I will forgo the price
Of a safe delivery of wine or beer
With thanks that music's rivers flow
Softening the daily news
A little, and can still bring joy
To the lucky who are living and can hear.