Thanks, Jill, Pat, Doug. Perhaps you are right, Jill, about JL. The only
musicians I definitely remember as being mentioned as having been
assassinated were Peter Tosh and I think, Prince Far I in Jamaica, which
says something about West Indian reverence for music and their gun culture,
no doubt.
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Bill
On Thu, 5 Oct 2017 at 2:30 AM, Douglas Barbour <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> A bit of fine tuning on what’s ‘known’, Bill, neatly done.
>
> Doug
> > On Oct 4, 2017, at 6:57 AM, Jill Jones <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> >
> > Yes, Bill, it's in the definitions!
> >
> > Tho' I thought I recalled the Lennon thing as 'assassination' seems I
> > was wrong.
> >
> > J
> >
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> > Jill Jones
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> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Poetryetc: poetry and poetics"
> > To:
> > Cc:
> > Sent:Tue, 3 Oct 2017 20:41:45 +0000
> > Subject:Assassination
> >
> > Different from outright murder somehow,
> > not the action
> > or the weapon even.
> >
> > A status thing.
> > Reserved for presidents and politicians,
> > royalty even.
> >
> > Tom Petty's dead now.
> > Could never have been assassinated,
> > even if he hadn't suffered a heart attack.
> >
> > John Lennon I suppose
> > was,
> > 37 years ago
> >
> > but was it ever so reported?
> > No. Just check. Ex-Beatle
> > 'shot dead', 'slain'.
> >
> > Get run down in Nice
> > or blasted in Vegas, you will not
> > have been assassinated.
> >
> > You see,
> > you lack
> > prominence.
> >
> > bw
> > 3.10.17
> >
>
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