HE WAS THE APPLE
OF HER EYE,
EVERYONE KNOWS
THE LOVE AND CARE
THAT WENT INTO
HIS BIGGEST FAN’S
HEART,
NOT THAT SHE
DIDN’T LOVE
AND CARE FOR
THE OTHER FOUR,
HAVING FIVE KIDS
ALONG WITH
QUITE A LIVELY
AND WILD LIFE
SELLING CARS
AND SWITCHING
HOUSES,
MOVING INTO
THE GREAT BEACH
HOOD
THAT SPEAKS
OF MONTEREY
IN A HISTORIC
WAY,
WHAT CAN YOU
SAY
TODAY
ABOUT A WOMAN
WHO HAD THE
COURAGE TO
BREAK RULES
AND GENTLY
SCHOOLED
THE TRIBE
WHO BECAME
QUITE A GROUP,
THE TROUP
THAT FINISHED UP
WITH HER
LITTLE GUITAR
GENIUS,
THE ONE WHO
STAYED HOME
ALONE AND
PRACTICED,
WHILE HIS
MOM DID HER
THING
AND KEPT THEM
IN STRINGS
AND CASES
WORKING ALL
THE PLACES
IT TOOK
TO BECOME
HIS BIGGEST
TRUE FATE,
AND TODAY
THEY
WILL CELEBRATE
THE LIFE OF
THE DYLAN
ENCORE
SCORE OF
LIFE,
GATHERING
TO THE GARDEN
WITH EARS
OPEN TO
THE TUNES OF
ALL THOSE VISITORS
HONORING A
FAMILY OF CRAZY
TALENTED MEN,
WITH ONE
FAB WOMAN
IN THE BROOD

THEY WILL EAT
AND DRINK
AND TOAST
A LADY WHO
TAUGHT THEM
HOW TO FIGHT
FAIR
AND SHOW THAT
YOU CARE
WITHIN A CIRCLE
OF LOYALTY
AND TALENT,
WHAT AMAZING
GIFTS SHE
GAVE,
SO KNOW,
DEAR DOROTHY,
THAT YOU TOO
HAVE THE RED
SLIPPERS THAT
MADE YOU FAMOUS
IN YOUR OWN WAY,
IT WAS MY
PLEASURE TO
SHARE IN THE DELIVERY
OF ROSES TO YOUR
TROUBADOR,
SECRETLY SURPRISING
HIM IN A STRANGE TOWN,
NOTHING LIKE
MONTEREY,
BUT HE IS A MAN
OF THE WORLD NOW,
AND YOU ARE
AN ANGEL,
WATCING US
ALL TODAY
AS WE LIVE IN
THE RHYTHM OF
LOVE AND ADVENTURE,
YOUR LESSON TO
US IS TO BE FAIR
AND DETERMINED,
NEVER GIVE UP
AND MOST OF ALL
GIVE EVERY HUG
POSSIBLE,
WE SMILE
AND SALUTE
THE STORY
THE GLORY
OF YOUR LIFE,
ROCK ON!

©JW WINSLOW 12/1/19