Before apple music and spotify

Before screens

There was a rectangular cube

It was white and skinny

With only five buttons

Of my 500 songs

I had no control which would erupt

when I pressed play

So I believed it was magic

I believed whatever song entered my ears

Was a message just for me 

People are sense makers.

If I was feeling particularly emotional

I would ask the cube a question

Like a magic 8 ball

The answer was always in the music.