A Space Too Large

The guy on the front of “Time Fades Away” looks like my dad.
A sort of world-weariness grows on that album instead of mildew. 
The front gets browner every time I look at it, 
I understand why they won’t re-release it, its cursed. 

This quarter-shelf of memories, 
some imported and some homegrown,
some original pressings, some new ones
they’re kind of like my family.

We sure do have a lot of records at our house.