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Isn't Anybody Going To Listen To My Story?

from The Obscene Gravity Of Silence by Paulie Lipman

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John Lennon

I am sorry

You told us to imagine and now

all we do is day dream

Not of a better or united world

but one of separate countries, heavens, and religions.

The only time we come together now is

wrapped in the safety of internet’s distance.



I am sorry

We never listened,

twisted your lyrics into a hollow karaoke

The only words we can recite with any conviction now

is your eulogy

You laid out the difference between need and want

Love is all and war is over and we ain’t done a god damn thing

to bring about any of them

Mind Games

that’s the only one we ever got right



Karma

moves a lot slower than you thought



Jai Guru Dev Om

“I give thanks to heavenly teacher”



Heaven is the cruelest burden to

lay on anyone’s shoulders

We were so quick

to tack the cross to your back

Christ you know it ain’t easy

We are followers

selfish and scared

We couldn’t hear you over our screaming

and tearing at your robes

We couldn’t care less for your

marriage and children

We needed a father

I’m sorry we

are so small



Forgiveness

is only begged of gods with

hands clasped and heads bowed

Apologies

are what people ask of each other

looking them straight in the eye



I’m sorry that even in death

we couldn’t just let you be

a man

We were too jealous of

the balance you’d found between

fame, art, and family

If you refused to be our messiah

we could just as easily make you

a martyr

Our envy

cracked the sky seven times over Manhattan

leaving 2 sons fatherless, a wife a widow

and the rest of us with nothing



Our karma cannot come quick enough

Mercy is the only thing left

to plead for



You gave us so much

but your songs are only half finished

if all we ever do is listen

Until we all understand and sing back with

even half the love you put into them

only then will we be forgiven

We can finally be more than an audience

We can be human

and decent

It’s the very least we can do



I apologize that this

is all I have to give back to you

heavenly teacher

I know I can call you that now

because even though you hoped

that there was only sky above us

I pray that if there is a Heaven

you are there now



Jai Guru Dev Om

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from The Obscene Gravity Of Silence, released March 15, 2011

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Paulie Lipman Denver, Colorado

Paulie Lipman has been a part of 8 Denver National Slam Teams(including '04's second place and '06's national champions). His work has appeared in The Legendary, Borderline, and the Write Bloody anthology: The Good Things About America.

In addition to Spoken Word, Pauile is also a musician/composer and is available for hire for commercial/video game/soundtrack work.
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