“Chase the clouds away, with your smile ..“

O Captain !
Our Captain !
You took us to action
We tore the chapter out
and now we’re
on the desk and standin’
His career
livin’ in character
Cheered us up from his podium
But I know his steps
were only roaming solely
on linoleum
He’s in a different mode again
helping us to know what
it’s like to lose imagination
passin’ as a grown up
Never, never land the dice
‘less we aim to terminate
Life is a Hunter
aiming to maim your turn, mate

Rhinoceros don’t wait
jumbo, jungle wildlife
Jack up our vision
Keep it Real
Keep it childlike
Each grade, flees
so EKGs won’t spike
if we hate life
reframe, please !

Announcement:
It wasn’t about his outer
but the inner .. like that lamp
but in his case, the magic
shouted dimmer
He’s history
livin’ on in popular mythology ..
Goofy hat
Blue Robin
Blue sky
Now he’s free ..

“Close your eyes .. and dream of a sunny place ..
Watch the world .. light up in you, smile ..“

Now he’s free ..
Now he’s free ..
Now he’s free ..

August one, one
year twenty-fourteen
Genie exit stage left ..
Final Cut — end, scene ..
What IF he really was a writer
World’s Greatest Dad ?
or really found one of his sons
dead, in a depraved act ?
And from his son really wrote
a postmortem note ?
And really tried keepin’ up
in a literary hoax ?

Would
living have been more precious
than the stresses of dementia
Honoring his son
Patch Adams as anthem

He had two options
with those three years left
Live strong or choke out
the little, wee air left

Good, morning, America
bereft
be at calm
Forever a little darker
Good morning, Vietnam ..

03 JUL 2017 | Copyright © B. Yee
Lyrics from the album, Where Wolves Lie, 2017, by BMEDD & Shinobi