NPM 21 / 30

It would have been my dad’s 80th birthday today. And also, Prince died 4 years ago. Feeling some things over here.
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This Thing Called Life

Prince died on my father’s birthday
April 21^st
so now, no matter what,
they’ll always be linked

not that my dad liked Prince’s music
I doubt he could have named one song
my dad was more of a country music fan
I remember days when he would put on a Willie Nelson record
lay down on the floor
eyes closed & just listen
when I think of that image now
let’s say I was 17, still in high school
that would make him 48
the same age I am now
I wish I could ask him how he was doing
talk to him about the pull of the music
the lull of it on his brain
how it maybe let him forget for a minute
the same way I felt today
blasting “Let’s Go Crazy”
dancing in the kitchen
holding back tears as I thought of him
as I thought of this shelter in place
as I heard the words
‘we are gathered here today
to get through this thing called life’