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Scott E. Spradlin's avatar

This moves me. Resonant and beautiful.

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Lameloche's avatar

Perfection!

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Jeff Cubley's avatar

Amazing ending! Damn that penultimate kiss anyway. That lover ain't never comin' back.

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Holly Starley's avatar

Gorgeous

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Kathleen Remund's avatar

I love this!!!❤️❤️❤️

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Puma's avatar

I love this poem. The couplets, the rhyming schemes, the "didn't go well and the sonic boom."

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Fae Marie Beck's avatar

You nailed it.

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Mary Howland's avatar

Have you read Love is a Mix Tape by Rob Scheffield?

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Sherman Alexie's avatar

Great book.

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Reading Off Into The Sunset's avatar

You made me think of mix tapes made by various friends over many decades, and seeing them differently, and their creators in different lights - everything from “bam” to “secretly gay.” Thank you.

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Jane Fisher's avatar

"the trust

and the lust"

-best couplet ever (even if applied to things other than sex).

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Pamela Wolfe's avatar

So many different kinds of music..........

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Jean's avatar

Damn, that’s good! Each stanza is a book.

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Amy B's avatar

Wow! Such a huge part of a generation’s love story. Love this one!!

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Elizabeth Beggins's avatar

I recently curated a playlist for my readers. That same week, two of them referenced mix-tapes in their posts. Now yours. The mix-tape gods are rallying for a revival!

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Simon Sweetman's avatar

The Palinode to ode to mixtapes we’ve been waiting 15 years for! Thank you 🙏

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