Lennon Loss

Contributor: John Ogden

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On her wall
a picture of the great man himself
whole reason I dated her
thought she'd be hip
thought she'd be the kind of girl
who'd get it
who'd get what it's all about

Nice picture,
I say,
You like his music?

She looks at me,
confused,
says:
The Statue of Liberty has an album?


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John Ogden was conceived of a government form and a passing mailbox. He lives somewhere out in the woods of a rural land more akin to the fantasy realms of literature than real life, and his favorite dirt bikes will always be the broken ones.