Record Player
by Wendy Wisner


He dipped an orange rag in a glass of water
and slid it over the glass top.
Sometimes he would lift the top,
put his hand inside and tap the dust
off the needle, and if the power
was on (I think it always was) a thumping
filled the room, tender and electric,
my father?s sound.





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