1). When They Started

A few years off and on,
From my friend
Who won.
Call in and win.

I returned
Earlier the same year,
And I wanted to hear;
Because everyone had started talking
Non-stop about them.

Had established followings by then,
Except for the name;
Had been an underground cool-to-know
People's band long ago;
I didn't know
What songs I had from the radio.

I never listened, not much;
Not never to have heard it.
I had that album;
After returning,
I thought he'd be a colossus,
If he kept putting out top songs.
When they started; I was singing a.m. pop hits.


"When They Started," poem one of "Lettersongs," unpublished work © 2008,
Lisa Page Weil.  All rights reserved.