Listening party line long
Paralleling the main drag
In this Bound Brook but not really
Standing in for some other unknown
Early autumn in “Central” Jersey
Word games – challenges –
Are played and joined
Unsolicited
Even a dad in on the action
Surreptitiously
Hours spent outside this record store
“2nd show added!” then a 3rd
Pleasing as many as can be accommodated
By a quantity-limited owner’s login
Eventually they’re admitted
And resulting tunes unknown
(This being the dad
Relinquishing, per in-place plan,
Spot to true fans waiting)
(He knows only they are
So many saved,
Not just the singular they accompanied)
(Grateful and relieved
For them)