There in the background is a soundtrack hum.
Cars past but the beat and the whispered lyrics remain.
No violins.
Just the song that's followed you your entire life.
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5. So much potential here that didn't happen. Think about the word 'hum' - that's a great word, sounds exactly like what is. There's plenty of opportunity for sonic details like that which just don't happen. The poem is basically too generic.
another guy named Kipling... may name that as being... the burden.
I think it is good but I think it could be said better with slightly different wording.