Inspiration

September
In an old steelworks
Krakow, Poland
On a wet, cold Sunday night

Kraftwerk come on stage
And hypnotise me
Their quality
Their class
Their originality
Their madness
The absurdity of it all

I studied the only
Original member left
Well into his sixties
Standing cool and focused
As if nothing could phase him
I had read a bit about him -
He lived with his sister for 40 years
No children
The only things he cared about
Were cycling and electronic music
He knew the world was full
Of short-term rubbish
And cheap gimmicks

Well into his sixties
But acting as if a teenager
Modern society would label him
A fool, ridiculous
But I thought he was great
And what he stood for
Even greater

A Magnetto Influence Poem