Many claim that rockstars are the new age poets. Some are, of course. But some aren’t. One rock star who has goneout of his way to prove he is NOT a poet is Bo
no. If Elvis wasn’t dead already I suspect this poem published in The Australian ( 7/5/09) would finish him off.
elvis
body could not stop moving
elvis
is alive, we’re dead
elvis
the elastic
elvis
the plastic
with a spastic dance that might explain the energy of america
Maybe it needs music or maybe you need to read this poem through rose coloured glasses!!! On the other hand,you have to wonder at the power of celebrityhood. Ahhh, Bono appears to be suggesting that all Americans are spastic?
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