Then We Open the Door and the Sound Washes Over the People

We have all faced this conundrum to encounter

Someone who should never have existed someone

Invisibly beside us nonetheless breathing quietly

What to do what to do with such a ghost? Shall we

Put on an album from 1982 maybe Roxy Music’s

Avalon O what a romantic album that was that’s

Absolutely not what we want right now how about

The Clash’s Combat Rock but no that’s just too

Too Clashy so what? Depeche Mode? Duran Duran?

How about The Cure’s Pornography? Now that’s

A thought a real wing-dinger—though deep down

Roxy Music thrills us more than all the rest we

Never admit it but we go for the obvious—no matter

Tonight it's Roxy Music we say what perfection