[	Tags	|	bocapellatry, school	]
[	Current Location	|	My Room (Schumanland)	]
[	I'm Hooked On A Feeling	|	contemplative	]
[	On The Radio	|	Crash Test Dummies - Keep A Lid On Things	]

I am the living artifact

I am the hiss of a phonograph beyond its years

Born in the wrong time

Full of outdated knowledge and experiences

I am the time capsule

Filtering the present through a lens

That is scratched and dusty

And stained with age

I am the funnel

I am the magnet

All that is meant to carry on

Must go through me first

I am an antique

Time-stamped from a long ago date

Locked away

Unearthed too late

I am vinyl

I am wax

I am wood

I am brass

I am the old country

I am the junior prom

I am in steerage

I come bearing gifts

I am Vermeer

I am Liszt

I am Nietzsche

I am Krupa

I come from here

But not the same here as here

I am stuck in time

I come in peace