Long Ago Seems So Close

“What other bands from that era started in the Eighties?” my physical therapist asks. We’ve been talking about Nineties bands.

“Well, The Flaming Lips started in the mid- to late-Eighties I believe,” I say

“Wow, I mean, I know my dad was listening to them around then, but I didn’t know they went that far back,” he replies in mild disbelief as I turn into dust and blow away.