Ode To Frank Zappa
Frank Zappa
Was always my musical hero
Ever since I first heard his music
Back in 1974
He blew me away
With his musical genius
His satirical wit
His mastery of rock
Classical and jazz influences
I soon became a big Zappa fiend
Went to several live shows
Bought lots of Zappa records
Later Zappa cd's
He died way too soon
He would have had a great time
Making sense
Of the Bush two era
Obama
And especially Trump
He was not one
To suffer fools gladly
And saw through
So much of the nonsense
In our life
Especially our dysfunctional politics
He was a prophet
Way ahead of his day
Foreseeing much of what
Had sadly transpired
Since his untimely death
Many not -Zappa fans
Never get beyond
The satire
But there was so much
More to Frank
Than
Don't eat the Yellow Snow
His best song of all
Perhaps his warning
About the pervasive negative impact
Of Television
With his immortal warning
I am the slime
Oozing out of your TV set
Or his prophetic song
About the mass media
Obsession with the latest
Crime story
In More Trouble Every day
And who can forget
His anti-peace corps anthem
Who needs the Peace Corps?
Or brown shoes don't make it
Or Jewish Princess
Or sheik ya booty
Disco boy?
Dynamo hum
Moving to Montana
And all the rest
Of his classic takedown
Of contemporary American society?
Yeah
Frank Zappa
Died way too soon
He would have made sense
Of the Trumpian world
I wished he was still alive
With us today
Until he can return
I will be forced
To freak out
Alone
In my head
And when I am at the dentist
His song about torture
The torture never stops
Comes along
To calm my fears
Of dental torture
Thanks, Frank
For all the memories
And the wisdom
Over the years
Copyright © Jake Aller | Year Posted 2021
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