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"God is a concept
by which we
measure our pain"
said the paperback writer
standing in the rain
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If I had changed
my name to
" ________ "
then the plagiarism
would have been
more obvious
Actually,
is from a song
written/recorded
by John Lennon
but
it is followed by
a re-phrasing
of what happens to be
my all-time favorite
by
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Approximately June 3, 1966 at 5pm EST, I opened
ReplyDeletemy bedroom door with my phonograph blasting
a newly purchased song.
I shouted in the direction of the dining room:
"I'll come to the dinner table right now if ALL of you
sing-along to the Beatles' Paperback Writer"
"No thank you" my mother said softly
after consulting the other members
of the Oliverio family.
I finally sat down at that dinner table
twenty minutes later. It had been cleared
of food and occupants except for my dish
of Veal cutlets with string beans
+ a side of salad.
I ate with great gusto while singing
If the rain comes
they run and hide their heads
The next thing I know, either of my sisters
or parents blasted the volume on
the living room television
-Oliverio