He had been watching Meat Loaf videos
Or rather he watched the same video
Again and again, the performance of
Paradise by the Dashboard Light from
1979 or 1980 which was Meat Loaf's
Masterpiece and had received over
Forty-five million YouTube views and
Eleven thousand admiring comments
Since it first appeared on YouTube
Four years earlier. The very existence
Of the millions of Meat Loaf admirers
Reassured him like a quote from Seneca:
'Whatever time has passed is owned
'By death. Most of death is already gone.'