HERO(ES)

I. Bowie

Mars -

May as well be

San Antone.

A man's man no longer.

His remains - 

ashes.

War burial

In a mission church.

An abstraction - 

a hero's

Welcome.

Knife and heart

forged for

Fighting - good fighting -

Still a volunteer

Still sick

In bed. 

II. Bowie

Shook off the fever
Laid it down for good.

Doctor was a friend

Said he could sing like a thief

Carrying a 45 record-sleeve.
Rocking
In my bedroom - 

Having it on good faith -

His was a legend

Borne out of 

A nation's need.

Myth

And disproportion

Seen through

Heroic eyes:

normal/blue

Offset by a playground 

Mishap and permanent

Dilation.

-jim hill (1-20-2017)