Showing posts with label John Lennon Murder Poem. Show all posts
Showing posts with label John Lennon Murder Poem. Show all posts

Thursday, December 8, 2011

Poem About the Night John Lennon Was Shot (in progress)

What I Carried
I can't remember what I carried
the night John Lennon was shot
but after a few hours
my hand ached
as if I had dragged an anchor across 1381
and uprooted an innocent medieval family
just trying to grow turnips.