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gofor42
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since 2000-01-23
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0 posted 2000-11-03 11:45 AM


He was a man who would have made Kerouac
Weep with pride.
He was given to quoting Bob Dylan Thomas,
And was always tangled up in blue and red
But never white--we was too saintly for that.
He spouted decades-old
Counterculture jargon,
Always rallying people to his undefined cause.
He talked with intellectuals
About things he didn't understand,
And spoke of reality as though
It were a place he'd like to visit.
He died with more imagined sins on him
Than Christ bore;
A spotless martyr to his cause,
The one he didn't know anything about.


"If you can't annoy somebody, there's little point in writing."
--Kingsley Amis

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blackhalo
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since 2000-02-15
Posts 467
Denver, CO
1 posted 2000-11-03 12:13 PM


I think that Jon has brought this quality out in all of us.  A beautiful tribute.  I myself am still a rebel.  Nice work.
Alicia A. Renzelman

gofor42
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since 2000-01-23
Posts 143
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2 posted 2000-11-03 02:27 PM


Oh, I'm a rebel too.  I actually kind of hope someone reads this at my funeral (which is hopefully a long time coming--I still have a lot of living I want to do).

"If you can't annoy somebody, there's little point in writing."
--Kingsley Amis

Dopey Dope
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3 posted 2000-11-04 12:40 PM


Long live the rebels......
*sticks up his fist*

if nobody wants to read this for your death........ call me....hehe



"I was born myself, raised myself, and will continue to be myself. The world will just have to adjust."

I hate your socks. I'd like to burn them!

gofor42
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4 posted 2000-11-04 05:49 PM


Thank you...I'll give you a call from my deathbed...  

"If you can't annoy somebody, there's little point in writing."
--Kingsley Amis

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