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Rumours

by Chris Sorrenti


like an old friend
it’s been on standby for 27 years
from LP to audio cassette
and now CD
and when given the time it deserves
every song as fresh
when called to nullify
or recall life’s blues
and reminisce of our own rumours
timeless as they go
bring about new Dreams

still available in music stores
under the category of Classic Rock
though a stranger considering
what’s been placed along side it
since first hitting the market
in those days of Dazed and Confused
almost an insult, acceptable shame
to pick up the compact disk version
at HMV for only $7.99

and oh the rumours
how Stevie Nicks and Lindsey Buckingham
ex lovers who stuck together
for the sake of the band
still poured their voices and guitar
into Go Your Own Way and The Chain

the true testament to any album’s excellence
to recall the first time it played
on FM radio or at a friend’s - 1977
this music aficionado
sure he’d heard it all
much to his embarrassment
had never heard of Fleetwood Mac

rumours have it that it’s old
Second Hand News
but we who grew up with long hair
bell bottoms and Chevy 4 barrels
know all too well
how fads and records fade
then later come back

let Mike Myers joke in Wayne’s World - 1992
about his big sister’s album
when anyone older and wiser knows
the music Don’t Stop thinking about tomorrow
and that a true Songbird keeps on singing
no matter the year


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© 2004
Revised © 2015
Photo © 1977 Fleetwood Mac

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12/29/2015

Posted on 12/29/2015
Copyright © 2024 Chris Sorrenti

Member Comments on this Poem
Posted by Kristina Woodhill on 12/31/15 at 03:48 PM

This is a great meld of theme and song titles, Chris, and speaks so well how music endures in our lives. Thanks!

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