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I listen to michael jackson tributes on the radio
still not believing he is really dead.

like a favourite puppy of a small child
whose parents could not bear to see
a softly-winded and broken heart.
So they cover up the family pet's awful end to a fragile life
by placing its beaten, stiffened body
in a plastic bag,
burying it before the rightful owner gets back
from preschool.

And you comfort the child by reading clifford stories,
convincing them that the dog ran to the east
chasing the end of a rainbow.

Description
I listen to michael jackson tributes on the radio
still not believing he is really dead.

like a favourite puppy of a small child
whose parents could not bear to see
a softly-winded and broken heart.
So they cover up the family pet's awful end to a fragile life
by placing its beaten, stiffened body
in a plastic bag,
burying it before the rightful owner gets back
from preschool.

And you comfort the child by reading clifford stories,
convincing them that the dog ran to the east
chasing the end of a rainbow.