Reel to Reel ------ Round and round Clicks and whirrs Your voice sings My voice learns Slowly, degrading But noises mean More than words Lost in the valley of my mind The strangers you followed, cast out and gone Reel to reel Rhyme to rhyme Analog Out of time We are, better here Fading out Source decay Lost in the valley of your mind It’s frail this new star we call home at last Nothing to say Nothing to do Nothing to say