American Pie

The Day His Music Died

By: Charles Giuliano - Mar 15, 2015

American Pie

Eastern Shuttle
Flight home from New York
Sunday concert
Symphony Hall
Bad weather
On Logan runway
Taxied past
Crashed plane
Don McLean
Height of fame
Later media invited
Hotel suite
Sprawled on a couch
Ungainly disheveled
Squinting nearsighted
Live TV crew setup
Where are the usual snacks
Don Delacey laid back
PR guy ordered a six pack
That’s enough for Metrano
How bout the rest of us
Someone asked the obvious
What about American Pie
Don’t want to talk about it
Then why are we here
Bolting up
Looking at me intently
Finger pointing
The minute you walked in the room
I knew you were an asshole
Duly noted in the press
What a jerk
One trick pony
Hic transit
Gloria mundi