Elegy for Hassan

I never meant to cause you any trouble
I never meant to cause you any pain
This is probably all in vain
But let me try ‘cause things ain’t looking too good today
When we were young you stood up for me
Against that shithead bully from across the street
Who shoved my face into a big Norwegian puddle of mud
You pushed him away
And now you’re gone to fight in a foreign land, Somalia
You’re back there, in a town once full of love
Where your grandfather raised his son who fell in love with your mom,
she gave birth to you in Mogadishu
Left for Scandinavia
Tell me where the action is at
What’s your thrill going back to medieval times
You took off…
Gone!
Your parents worried sick drinking tea in their post war high rise apartment
Designed by a mediocre architect in 1972
Remember the day your little sister was born
Now I bet you’re gonna die this year
Killed!
You, who made me quit smoking…
With a hundred gunshots you send your love
With a bouquet of barbed wire you will make us right again
Though a father I’ve become, I’m still a child gone astray
Help me find a way
Now it’s been ten years since our last embrace
And all the games we used to play
I remember your father knew a lot about history
Remember we read The Catcher In The Rye
Computer games from '95
Your mother’s smile
Wu-Tang Clan, Ice-T, Burroughs, LSD
I remember the scent of your house
Your father’s eyebrows
That bed sheet with Mickey Mouse
Your reaction to my big sister’s blouse
The cracks in the pavement
That one night in jail
And the hot chicks who sucked on your big, black beautiful cock
Your big brother never bothered to come in for dinner
Your voice in my ear forever
You never learned to skate, you liked BMX
You used to listen to DMX
And up in the club the DJ was a guy from DMX Krew
We used to dance, we used to live, we used to laugh
I remember your favourite drink
And you got killed today, You Kill Kill Killed
We vowed to live
So what’s this CCTV shooting spree?
The end