Monday, 11 January 2016

ON THE DAY DAVID BOWIE DIED


ON THE DAY THAT DAVID BOWIE DIED

He wasn't my cuppa tea
his entertaining didn't really move me
but over the years he kept coming up
like a bad penny so the joke was on me

He played two sold out concerts
at a hockey rink and all the teen age girls
were ga ga and off their nuts
like a bunch of androgynous sluts

Washed and shaved I turned on the news
at sixty nine he died of cancer
a world I survived twice
he was a comrade in that way

Good bye David
perhaps I didn't understand what you did
a talent at celebrity
perhaps just jealous it never happened to me

JWL © 11/01/2016

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