TOWER - Blogtober

Tower

It was a beacon of hope in my youth

I'd ride my bike across the whole city

Weary adolescent searching for truth

Knowing I'd ride home with something pretty

I remember tearing off the plastic

That alluring square cardboard masterpiece

Joshua Tree nothing so fantastic

Gifts from Bono and the boys never cease

Lyrics' power would hold the hounds at bay

"We learned more from a three-minute record

baby than we ever learned in school," yea!

Bruce offered salvation in just one chord

     Those black discs were shields protecting us from swords:

     the sanctuary of Tower Records!

--Shenandoah Lynd

(a Shakespearean sonnet)