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Smooth jazz playing on my car radio. Finding myself reluctantly bobbing my head along to the constant rhythm of the mild funk. Reminding me of long car rides with dad, and being subjected to The WAVE radio station 94.7-- The Soul of Southern California. I’ve now tasted death and pop a stick of spearmint gum into my dry annoyed mouth. Thoughts of unpleasantries invade my emptiness and, presently, fill me with regret. Over this song or other things? Or maybe both. Missing my dad but wishing the WAVE no longer existed-- maybe it doesn’t. I blame you… writer of poetry challenge for this noise-- the torture on my ‘drums. I need to lie down until I’m fine. Will I ever be fine? Who even listens to smooth jazz anyway? Dad did (funk spazz). Jazz Band… Jazzercise… DJ Jazzy Jeff… Jazz it Up… Utah Jazz… and All That Jazz… Cool Jazz… No Jazz for me. Still, I miss you dad— and The WAVE too. *I wrote this poem on April 11, 2021, as part of a ’30 days of poetry’ challenge. This was day 11 and the prompt was: Tune in to a radio station you don’t normally listen to, and write a poem inspired by the first song or message you hear. The song I heard was called “Dinner is Not Over” by Jack Stauber. Read the poem and take a guess at how the song made me feel.
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