Thank you, David Bowie,
for your Spiders from Mars.
Thank you, Frida Kahlo,
for your self-portrait memoirs.
Thank you, Mary Oliver,
for “The Summer Day.”
Thank you, Kurt Cobain,
for “Something in the Way.”
Thank you, Homer,
for your enduring hymns and epics.
Thank you, Hilma af Klint,
for your mystical canvas relics.
Thank you, Maya Angelou,
for your lyrical prose.
Thank you, Nina Simone,
for balladeering your woes.
Thank you, Vincent van Gogh,
for “The Starry Night.”
Thank you, William Blake,
for “Tyger Tyger, burning bright.”
Thank you, Billy Corgan,
for “Siamese Dream.”
Thank you, Janis Joplin,
for that soulful scream.
Thank you, Radiohead,
for “Lotus Flower.”
Thank you, Patti Smith,
for “People Have the Power.”
Thank you, Robert Smith,
for “The Head On The
