Emulating Freddie

He predicted

there would come a day

for changing strategies,

when to carry on as usual

gets to being ridiculous.

Until that day, let’s keep on

playing Queen in tight jeans,

bottle-brass hair let down

and I-don’t-give-a-fuck

emblazoned across our bosoms.

In the end, he never

had to figure out how to age

while twirling half a mic stand.

Let’s you and I not bother

figuring that out, either.

Real Toads are inspired by FREDDIE MERCURY. I think I could write a dozen poems inspired by Freddie; this is just something, just one thing I've been thinking about in connection with his life and music. And, this #14 of 30 Poems in November to benefit Center for New Americans.