Lines written in the Tudor House on the 30^thAnniversary of the death of John Lennon

Hey Johnnie

You hook-nosed bastard

You made specs sexy

And played a mean Rickenbacker

Attention seeking nihilist

Gob shite scouser

Merciless poison-tongued delinquent

Hiding the quiet man inside

To my dad’s amazement

You grew up and flew away

Sharing your dreams

Leaving your nightmare screams in some therapist’s waste bin

You reached out and embraced the world as it is

And it shot you.

Dave Morgan