love


many conservatives stopped
listening to the beatles
after they went to india.
people blame yoko for some
act of destruction
when she handed lennon
a piece of paper
that said breathe

but that is not what i see
in the photos
of the fourteen years
he never left her side.
she wore black before
but it looked so much
sadder after
december 8, 1980

and although i would
have liked to overhear
the tenure specific
to their conversations
i will instead look
to the pedestal
where they placed
their shoes

while they lay naked
in front of the camera
wanting us to know
exactly what they were about
as they delivered
one of the most important
messages
of the century

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