James Babbs- A Poem

My Brother’s Records

I kept my brother’s records

after he died and

his old Pioneer turntable

it still works and

I use it all the time

and I still listen to

some of those old records

like Highway to Hell

the last AC/DC album

with Bon Scott as their singer

or Heaven Tonight by Cheap Trick

that my nephew and I

used to put on and pretend

we were playing in the band

and a couple of

Tyrannosaurus Rex albums

that sounded kind of weird

but I like them more and more

the older that I get

and my brother’s been gone now

for 26 years

more than half my lifetime and

some days

when I think about it

it just doesn’t seem possible