You're not sure you hear the faint overtones
Layered
under the music like static in a skipping signal
From a distant 50,000 watt radio station.
It's subtle at first, like music from another room.
Soon it becomes more than an echo
And you hear two songs at once
From a distant 50,000 watt radio station.
It's subtle at first, like music from another room.
Soon it becomes more than an echo
And you hear two songs at once
As
the azimuth of an 8-track head becomes misadjusted
And adjacent tracks bleed into the signal.
Hearing voices must be like that.
You brush it aside at first, doubting your own ears.
When it emerges with authority,
You can’t tell which voice is real
And which voice is a doppleganger.
Soon, bleedthrough takes precedence.
You can no longer differentiate
And adjacent tracks bleed into the signal.
Hearing voices must be like that.
You brush it aside at first, doubting your own ears.
When it emerges with authority,
You can’t tell which voice is real
And which voice is a doppleganger.
Soon, bleedthrough takes precedence.
You can no longer differentiate
Between
Jiminy Cricket’s voice and the one ordering you
To leave your house at 2 A.M. to dice up
The
first luckless person to cross your path.To leave your house at 2 A.M. to dice up
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