Tuesday, September 13, 2011

A Sage Onna Stage (original Canadian poetry)


Joe College and The Rulers, L to R: Menachem Begin (R. Bethune), Mad Drummer (K. Braun), Joe College, Rob DeKay


A Sage Onna Stage

I killed Joe College
It was either him or me
He drank a lot and showed his anger
I was trying to find my way

When I was young
We turned it up loud
Hung on every word and every chord
From Dylan to The Clash

JC was too 2d
Too constricted
Itiopia was an African horizon
A New Flower in the night

Jah Lifeguard came a calling
Before Yuya took the stage
Hard to believe I'm fifty-three now
Soon they'll be calling me a sage!




Yuya Joe College
September 2011

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