The Religious Policeman

So. Farewell
Then Gene Pitney
Anguished voice
of Teenage Angst.
Although much older,
you spoke to me
across the decades.
You came from
a Town Without Pity
but made it
all the way to Mecca
in my own country.
You, too, knew that life was
Half Heaven - Half Heartache
and that
It Hurts To Be In Love
so,
like you,
I decided that
I'm Gonna Be strong.
Keith's Mum thought that
you were Fab and Groovy
and I thought you were Well Cool.

Now you'll never get to Tulsa.....



Gene Pitney, born Rockville, Connecticut, USA, 1941; died Cardiff, Wales, UK, 2006.

(With apologies to E.J. Thribb of "Private Eye")