Short Vhs Poems

Has DVD replaced VHS?
Most people probably say yes.
A lot of people probably say that VCRs are yesterday's news.
I like DVD players but I like VCRs too.
I especially liked the older pop up VCRs and the VCRs that could record in LP.
Many people may like the idea of VCRs becoming extinct but it's not okay with me.
It's true that DVD discs are better than VHS cassettes.
But if VCRs go out, it will be something that I'll regret....

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We see them in old movies,
aged sitcoms –
black and white
or fading color.

We hear ancient languages—
dead voices on sound tracks,
buried giggles, awkward squawks
of unexpected laughter.

We relish corpses—
old friends,
remembered relatives
stiff in brown photographs.

Reels creak, VHS tapes moan,
DVDs hum silently 
with sprocket holes, 
white scratches in sky,
burnt nitrate edges of night.

We relish corpses.

They are us....

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