(March 25, 1942 –
August 16, 2018)
(Thee ALFA (alpha)
BETS Best
"Queen of Soul")
Though unbeknownst
to the diva,
where thee now
sings with angels
(me, an invisible
nameless spirit),
accompanies your
mythic legendary
legacy afterlife
already doth
Make Me
Feel Like
an average star
descended
from on high,
thus inducing
this generic
solar stellar body
to exalt My
tribute to A
Natural Woman,
who unwittingly
wrought and
outshone such
golden gilded
fused steely
mettle, imbuing
A Brand
New Me,
twinkling in
your
posthumously
shadow
nonetheless averring
A Change
Is Gonna Come
pronouncing
A Deeper Love
toward A
Natural Woman
bonfires bursting
bonafides
when ye whar
barely done
being cradled,
prepubescent
maternity
became latent
within yar
promising
nubility didst
budding classy
pet auld
aging dame
retaining topnotch
je nais sais quois
A Rose
Is Still A Rose
unsurpassed
vibrancy despite
super nova
waning zenith,
thence descent
into hallowed grave,
where Ain't
No Way any
other Angel
could hold
an Olympic torch
blindingly
as thee to
illuminate
Another Night
infused with
brilliant poignant
heartfelt
sentiment, sans
awe rays
burning queenly
pulsating Baby
I Love You
no matter
crossing into
now ye didst
cross over
into eternal
resting place
thus, apropos
for thyself
a disembodied
essence unbeknowst
to thee to
intone psalm
afterlife Border
Song (holy Moses)
guiding holy
spirit across Bridge
Over Troubled Water
asking thee
to Call Me
upon arriving safely
decoupled
from Earthly
Chain Of Fools,
where timeless
Day Dreamin
'/Dreaming
setting par
excellence
moral compass
asper Do Right
Woman Do
Right Man
diligently subscribing
to Doctor's Orders,
whose plaintive
insistence begs
cherished honorable
muting refrain
respecting
Don't Play
That Song
(you Lied)
misled by
Dr. Feelgood
specialist
affixing botox
faux Mona
Lisa smile
thorough fare
lee exiting
off re:Freeway
Of Love
back tracking
along boo
love hard of
broken dreams
sighing - Here
We Go Again
nonetheless,
I Knew
You Were
Waiting For Me
unknowingly
W| George Michael
intonating
viz inflection
admitting
to thine
disembodied spirit,
ye obliviously
unaware
blithely divulging
unguardedly
"I Never Loved
A Man
(the Way
I Love You)"
relishing the
murmur, "I Say
A Little Prayer"
"I Will Survive,"
cuz bred confidante
to this trusted
invisible pal
August 2018
amorousness
re: "I'm In Love"
aware such
romantically
smitten state
elusive from
Jumpin' Jack
Flash
lightening fast,
no matter
unbounded
toward stratosphere,
yar mortality
harbored self
destructive
cancerous spores
disease asserting
to confidant air
of stoicism
soul resilient
malignant against
perforce never
"Killing Me
Softly" (you)
cleaving cerulean
celestial peppering
heavenly vault
with Oh Me Oh My
Respect plus Rock—
a—bye Your Baby
With A Dixie
Melody a
firm ming
Gibraltar
Rock Steady.