RIP Michael Jackson
Ode to Michael Jackson by Carey Lenehan
So, Farewell then Jacko,
the final encore sung
The last crotchgrab done
The final incisions closed,
on a life of extremes
There is no doubt
that you were
off the wall
and
as barmy
as a bagful of badgers
but
unlike the white boys
who copied you
at least you really could dance.
What a shame then
that you couldn’t find peace
within your own skin
and know
you were not alone
and that
it would always have been okay
to just be yourself.
The last crotchgrab done
The final incisions closed,
on a life of extremes
There is no doubt
that you were
off the wall
and
as barmy
as a bagful of badgers
but
unlike the white boys
who copied you
at least you really could dance.
What a shame then
that you couldn’t find peace
within your own skin
and know
you were not alone
and that
it would always have been okay
to just be yourself.
No more must you face
your unhappy and changing face
or suffer the slings and arrows
of outrageously low
self esteem
which made you
cut
yourself
off from a world
that wouldn’t leave you alone
because,
honestly,
most people thought
it would be pretty cool
to live in Neverland
even if the media
always seemed
to be giving you a hard time.
So now it is you
who is gone too soon
although some might say
you’ve already
been gone awhile.
your unhappy and changing face
or suffer the slings and arrows
of outrageously low
self esteem
which made you
cut
yourself
off from a world
that wouldn’t leave you alone
because,
honestly,
most people thought
it would be pretty cool
to live in Neverland
even if the media
always seemed
to be giving you a hard time.
So now it is you
who is gone too soon
although some might say
you’ve already
been gone awhile.
And as for all that stuff they said
about you sleeping in a glass coffin
and touching up little boys
I think in general
you did more good than harm
and deserved
better press
So beat it then,
you smooth criminal
who helped many people
make that change,
but who didn’t
heal the world
and even if there was
less thriller in you
than there should have been
for the last twenty years
The world will still tap feet
come together
and rock with you
for evermore
about you sleeping in a glass coffin
and touching up little boys
I think in general
you did more good than harm
and deserved
better press
So beat it then,
you smooth criminal
who helped many people
make that change,
but who didn’t
heal the world
and even if there was
less thriller in you
than there should have been
for the last twenty years
The world will still tap feet
come together
and rock with you
for evermore
So RIP then, Mike
Moonwalk your way
to a better place.
It’s probably for the best
that you never grew up,
that you could be remembered
for what you were
and not what you
would have become.
I’m sorry about
the way we made you feel
but at least now
you will stay
the little boy who
blamed it on the boogie
and rocked our world
who need scream no more
for at least
the endless pain
of your difficult reality
is over now,
whilst for the rest of us
the beat goes on….
Moonwalk your way
to a better place.
It’s probably for the best
that you never grew up,
that you could be remembered
for what you were
and not what you
would have become.
I’m sorry about
the way we made you feel
but at least now
you will stay
the little boy who
blamed it on the boogie
and rocked our world
who need scream no more
for at least
the endless pain
of your difficult reality
is over now,
whilst for the rest of us
the beat goes on….
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