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