OFF THE WALL

by Andrew Hilbert

today Michael Jackson will be buried

but not

Joe Jackson or Al Sharpton

they're sure to be

                                        there

advertising whatever it is

they're selling

today on facebook

a friend (but i don't really know him)

compared getting tickets to see

the King's memorial to getting

the golden ticket to see Willy Wonka

some comparison.

Willy Wonka was alive.

in his death,

Moonwalker is still treated as an

item

a commodity

Andrew Hilbert has a degree in History at Cal State Long Beach and lives in Orange County, California.
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