I hear Otis Redding

                                           " oh -no "
                                       they're shouting.

                       " tell me something " says Lucy Ball ,
                              " are our best moments
                                        sewn together
                              like that afghan on the wall? "
                                                 *
                                           " oh-no "
                                       they're chanting.

                        "find one thing " says Ruby Dee.
                                  Walk the Easy Path or
                                       talk to Buddha.
                         She said " they both worked for me. "
                                                  *
                                            " oh-no "
                                            that's Otis

                                Redding, you fool, i swear.
                               If you're on  the Easy Path
                                      you don't know his
                                      " Lover's Prayer "
                                                 *
                                            " go-go "
                                         we're urged on

                                   to " find that one thing "
                                            Or repeat.
                                 Throw a blanket over Otis.
                                       He's a crime-scene.
                                          Like Cobain.
                                            Like Keats.