- Vol. 05
- Chapter 09
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Incompatible
That tape—
you gave me a retro gesture without a cassette player it was a symptom of our age your belief in that time under a half-converted attic roof instead of a Spotify playlist we could share you idolised me into a tape I could not hear
That tape—
is all I have left I upped sticks and left without so much as a goodbye note your insistence we were from another age became your downfall or saviour next time I hope you find someone with a compatible stereo