(for BA)

The feeling
when you write a song
based loosely on a movie
and then another movie
(completely unrelated)
uses it for their soundtrack
and the song gets tied
strangely
to both movies
but it’s no big deal
since the song does really well
cuz you got an Ace to sing the song
and the guitarist
is kind of an ace himself
so you’ve made enough money
and not even through product placement
with either movie
and the song’s about time travel, too?
Yeh.
That feeling.

And then later
you work with those same guys
and you write another song
about fathers and sons
and cycles of life
but there’s no movie to tie it to
and it does even better
than that first song
and you make a bucketful of money
– not that you need it
since you already wrote a bunch of songs a few years before
(which presented this way
may be another reference to time travel) –
and you can afford to buy a couple of cars
so that when they need tune-ups
you can be kind of a jerk
and insist that your mechanic
goes by the name of Mike?
That feeling, too.