shrink-wrap01b.mp3
words and music by Jonathan Ochshorn (copyright 2008 J. Ochshorn)
1. shrink wrap is to packaging what
frames are to paintings
lending some sort of credibility
to what’s inside
stretched over content
glistening and tight
making legitimate all that might
have seemed suspect in its own pale light
2. shrink wrap is different from
let’s say, saran wrap
which can’t ever seem to transcend what it is
a mere plastic layer
marred by those creases or
corners not sticking there
peeling away like a time bomb that’s ticking where
fingers pressed together as if in prayer
3. i’ve brought some items home
opened, rejected them
shrink wrap discarded, left creaking in garbage pails
next to left-over meals
with wax-paper inserts
box tops and carrot peels
return lines have taught me just how it feels
with package exposed, contents revealed
4. such loss of perfection has left me
gazing, distracted
yet seeking redemption with my credit card ready
all above board
while stockroom employees
plug in the power cord
“wrap it up again” they’re implored
as it was in the beginning
aura restored
Production notes:
arranged and produced by J. Ochshorn
recorded at home with garageBand software February, 2008
vocals: J. Ochshorn
real instruments (acoustic guitars): J. Ochshorn
software instruments played on midi keyboard (trumpet, drums, bass): J. Ochshorn
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