the "A" side flew out the window

the "A" side flew out the window

 

 

sandpaper feels 

odd against the ventricle

heart's smoothed out

after your rough edge

 

I sit in the dark listening to Mozart

the music scrapes pleasantly

against my broken ear

 

your last words fractured

what was left of the whispers I once felt

 

when you and I listened

to concertos floating in black and white surprise

 

sandpaper is an acquired feel

you were an acquired resentment

smashed vinyl litters my peaceful futures

 

I am the rough edge now

you are the label twisting around my turntable

 

I've become the "B" side

of love

hardly played.

 

 

erin-cilberto

11/4/22

Reviews

[AYVID N]

Whenever I think I have read of every facet of love and heartbreak, you come up with something absolutely new to amaze me. The sandpaper did such great things to my imagination today.

sandpaper is an acquired feel
you were an acquired resentment
smashed vinyl litters my peaceful futures

Wow.....

[jacob erin-cilberto]

thank you, DIVYA,
j.

[Linda Marie Van Tassell]

I almost don't want to say anything. I just want to sit back in amazement at the artistry of your words. This is tinged with sadness but rings of truth. Love it!

[jacob erin-cilberto]

Linda, you are kind....and so talented...getting a compliment from you? well, just thanks.

[Julie McCarthy (juliesp..]

Absolutely AMazing ! Jacob
I loved this write one of your best and one of my top five favourites

[jacob erin-cilberto]

thank you for your kind words, Julie,
j.

[softlyfall]

Music and memory intertwine so much, and scents as well. I am imagining a man, hurt by the past, listening to music he shared with a lover who has gone and left him alone. The music is still beautiful but it hurts. It is not the music that changed but the ear, the hearing with jaded mind.
Acquired resentment is a fantastic phrase

[jacob erin-cilberto]

thank you for your kind words, Amy,
j.

[W. Barrett Munn]

Seems apropos that “You Can’t Always Get What You Want “ first recorded as a “B” side.

Winston

[softlyfall]

lol, that is a very good and very funny point

[W. Barrett Munn]

And true. :-)

[The Rock And Roll Cowbo..]

very whimsical as alwayys Jacob.
it is like EltonJohn Sang "sad songs say so much

[jacob erin-cilberto]

Thank you, Dale...I love that song and Elton John.
j.