Thoughts on the Death of Prince
Every time someone famous dies you post that picture of Kanye West
where the reporter is disappointed to find him still alive -
And I get it
But I don't really
Tonight at the bar this guy made a joke about Queen Elizabeth's birthday
and why did Prince have to die when this 90 year old white woman is still going
And I mean
Sure - Imperialism sucks - but really -
I think about the first time I became aware of sexuality - watching
this man in butt-less pants sing about getting off on MTV
And the moment - expanded
And being a boy became less of a box
I know he became homophobic later in life - I know he moved into
a strange brew of anti-sex and religion that was definitely a contradiction
with his music -
And I get all of that
But I don't really
Because I want to say that people die - that they do - that they go
and we have no control and if anything threaded from Lovesexy to HitNRun
It was that we don't live forever
That we should - just possibly - enjoy these bodies while we have them
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