Florida Ron wants you
actually he wants you not to think
just be comfortable with your bigotry
no reading about past and present injustice
no teaching your kids unpleasant history
no having to deal with non-Christians
no dealing with Christians who read the Bible wrong
no crossing the path of LGBTQ people
just let him wish everything you don’t like
into the magic cornfield where it disappears
and pray he’ll never turn on you
for a quick lunge at even more ignorant voters
Bruce sings My Love Will Not Let You Down
can’t say the same for the ticket prices
so I learn to live with what I can’t rise above
listening to live shows for a fraction of the cost
paid by celebrity guest singers and well-heeled fans
as the Jersey Man sings from a seldom-changing setlist
about aging, death and being the Last Man Standing
and I remember when I paid a ticket broker’s price
(cheaper than Dynamic Pricing today)
to sit in the now dead Los Angeles Sports Arena
and buy a T-shirt (since lost) with the saying
THIS IS NOT A DARK RIDE
this was a mere 35 years ago
people dressed to the tens enter Westminster Abbey
supporting the monarch who waited quite long for his chance
yes, he’s more forward-thinking than his parents tended to be
but one can’t forget the grim withholder who created human wreckage
