Fred Aiken Writing

i like to discover new music,
but not too quickly,
or otherwise, the experience is too disorienting,
i start to listen to the newly discovered artist or band
over and over,
my ears might begin to bleed, and i memorize all their songs,
even the ones they didn’t want me to hear,
and i start singing and humming my favorite in the shower
or while at work,
until the new music is no longer new,
and because it is old i grow to hate it,
despise every note, rhythm, and instrument,
but that never seems to matter too much,
since there’s always new music to unveil,
as the rotation continues, 
the algorithm sheds light