Brand New Music

Has that jab of excitement sometimes
that makes you want to suddenly
sway back and worth in the car or
sip your iced tea in rhythm with the bassline.
When this happened in the 90s,
I put a tape in the player
and hovered around the room like I
was guarding a treasure
waiting for the first bars to blast through
my parents' black plastic stereo,
so I could bolt
like lightning
or a startled steed
towards the player and jam my fingers
into the Rec. and Play buttons
all at once
and sign with relief,
knowing I had captured the magic
onto my mix-tape.