MONEY AND FAME 1

Dedicated to Marvin Gaye--
Another assassinated by hypocrisy
(Written in 1996)




Like a moth to the flame,

You were attracted to fame,

Greed and money;

And yet, you saw through

The game.



Because you couldn't reconcile

What you hated

And what you loved,

You slowly killed yourself

Both by what you fought for

And what you despised.



Your self-loathing led you

To poison yourself

With escape-oriented,

Self-medicated dreams,

Brought on by the fact

That you couldn't endure

Our corrupt and evil world,

Nor your own disappointment

And pain.