Poetry: Aaron Belz
Dearly Beloved
Editor's Note: Prince Rogers Nelson died yesterday, April 21, 2016. Here is an elegy for him by Aaron Belz, who lives in Hillsborough, North Carolina. Belz is the author of three books of poetry: The Bird Hoverer (BlazeVOX), Lovely, Raspberry (Persea), and Glitter Bomb (Persea).
If any rocker could return
from the beyond, you could,
sweet Prince, crossing
the Styx on that odd symbol
you invented, its wake
an ocean of violets in bloom,
but I imagine you’ll be fine
dazzling the underworld
with neon purple lasers neither
evil nor divine, your fingers
screaming higher and higher
to the sky, to Persephone’s
delight—her great delight,
so she would take you
to her castle, and you just
wouldn’t believe your eyes.
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