Generationally-Based Fall 1999

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Me, not him. He was always

older than I, and you could tell

by his success: how he earned

millions making records I used

minimum wage dollars to buy.

And he knew so much more-

It would take me years to grasp how

God said to Abraham, "Kill me a son."

Still, we shared an eerie overlap.

Surely not everyone knew back then

you didn't need a weatherman

to know which way the wind blew.

So, I remain faithful, and follow him,

hoping he just might tell us the truth.

Last night, for instance, from high

in the packed stadium I could see

on his tired face the delicate

satisfaction commensurate with once

having wondered how it feels under

a brand new leopard-skin pillbox hat.

Some things he does for the crowd, others

for himself, and I pretend I can see

the difference because finally, like him,

I'm an artist. I don't want to work

on Maggie's farm no more, but here again,

he was ahead of me. He knew you couldn't

tell them the sun's not yellow, it's chicken

without musical accompaniment or a voice

that set them buzzing. By now, most people

know you gotta serve somebody, but who

can show them how? Not me, not Bob Dylan,

when even the butler, he's got something to prove

and deep down, we're stuck inside the same old blues-

Oh, Mama, can this really be the end?

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