Early Dreams of
Telepathy
by Stacy Post
When you were eight-track
I was vinyl
When I was CD
you were cassette
strung out on a mixed tape
I couldn’t live without
but now
we’re both MP3
you say we can share a cloud
instead of direct downloads—
out-formatting me once again
It doesn’t matter really
how we share
the music
the songs of our connection
will outlast us, will synchronize
in the ethereal
our early dreams of telepathy
will come true
Bio: Stacy Post, a native Hoosier and librarian, resides in the heartland with her adorable family. A Pushcart Prize nominee for short fiction, her stories have appeared in Boston Literary Magazine, moonShine review, Fiction365, One Forty Fiction, Referential Magazine, Rose & Thorn Journal, WOW! Women on Writing and Every Day Fiction. Her poetry has appeared in Midwestern Gothic, Sleet Magazine, Kansas City Voices, 4 & 20 Poetry, Pearl, Iodine Poetry Journal, Referential Magazine, Every Day Poets and Skylark. Her poetry has ridden the bus rails in Tippecanoe County (Indiana) with their Words on the Go program. Her first poetry chapbook, Sudden Departures, was released in 2013 with Finishing Line Press.
by Stacy Post
When you were eight-track
I was vinyl
When I was CD
you were cassette
strung out on a mixed tape
I couldn’t live without
but now
we’re both MP3
you say we can share a cloud
instead of direct downloads—
out-formatting me once again
It doesn’t matter really
how we share
the music
the songs of our connection
will outlast us, will synchronize
in the ethereal
our early dreams of telepathy
will come true
Bio: Stacy Post, a native Hoosier and librarian, resides in the heartland with her adorable family. A Pushcart Prize nominee for short fiction, her stories have appeared in Boston Literary Magazine, moonShine review, Fiction365, One Forty Fiction, Referential Magazine, Rose & Thorn Journal, WOW! Women on Writing and Every Day Fiction. Her poetry has appeared in Midwestern Gothic, Sleet Magazine, Kansas City Voices, 4 & 20 Poetry, Pearl, Iodine Poetry Journal, Referential Magazine, Every Day Poets and Skylark. Her poetry has ridden the bus rails in Tippecanoe County (Indiana) with their Words on the Go program. Her first poetry chapbook, Sudden Departures, was released in 2013 with Finishing Line Press.