Generic CD Commercial Circa 2005
Note: transalate findings from the audio
Find what it invokes
Does it accelerate the subject’s heartbeat
What color was the hardwood
Were there crumbs in the rug
Evaluate the bassline
Hear it drum off the futon
Observe vibrations in subject’s juicebox
Is the rhythm steady
Is that fear or condensation
Note: copy images from the television static
One windmill on a flying mountain
Dangling ankles over the side of the cliff
Ukelele strings and carpet bangs
Pay special attention to electricity
Throughout the cabinet
Ghosts cackle through a hot sixteen
Cartoon goons lounge in a dark room
Note: subject’s legs cross together
Neck cranes upward
Pupils widen in wonder
Hands fall politely in lap
Perhaps for the first time they feel small
Perhaps for the last time they will be
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Feel Good Inc.! I haven’t thought about that song in a while. Gonna have to put some Gorillaz on at work tomorrow.
Love the poem and how you structured it. The closing lines are killer. I’ve really enjoyed this.
I love the balance of the precise and forensic tone here with the balance of the poem’s sounds and lyrical description