'40 years, and still dead' or 'Lennon still speaks'

'40 years, and still dead' or 'Lennon still speaks'

timothy r gates, 12/05/2010
John Lennon murdered 12/08/1980 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q8Pr5o8AAc0



sat on the wall

watching the world go by

working class hero, irony

didn't live like the most of us -

a person of extreme privilege

still, we sing along

liking that someone sang ours for us

learned to be a husband

a dad

a friend

screwed up, like us,

learned to be a man

a person

the revolution that counts is one place:

with me.

the bullets fly

the words superfluous

the world where love is all you need

the willingness to give peace a chance -

not unlike the pathological assassin.

i pray that i'm a jealous guy

for these virtues.

- another day.