Acoustic Version

Acoustic Version

I want to do an acoustic version

of my life

Stripped down—

Just me

and a guitar

I would have to learn to play guitar first

but that shouldn’t be hard

It should be easier than somehow engineering

an acoustic version

of my life

Anyway,

this one’s been way too plugged in

the do-over would definitely be

unplugged

The do-over would be stripped down

just me

and, if not a guitar, then something

not plugged in.

Biography: Editor and author Philip Athans has been a driving force behind varied media including Alternative fiction & poetry magazine and Wizards of the Coast. He lives and works in the Pacific Northwest.

Image: Unsplash, downloaded (https://unsplash.com/photos/close-up-photo-of-guitar-strings-1Pzhr6XPl6k) 3. 6. 2025.

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