MY SON'S LIFE: THE LATE L.T. HENRY

I WOULD LIKE TO SAY A FEW WORDS

ABOUT MY SON’S LIFE.

NOW, I COULD TALK TO YOU

ABOUT ALL OF MY SON’S WEAKNESSES;

BUT THAT WOULD ONLY BE THE PERSON

THAT YOU THOUGHT YOU SAW.

I’M HERE TODAY TO TALK ABOUT A GENIUS

THAT WALKED AMONG US,

TALKED AMONG US,

AND PLAYED HIS MUSIC AMONG US.

THERE ARE MANY THINGS THAT GENIUSES

HAVE IN COMMON.

THEY DON’T THINK LIKE WE DO.

IT TAKES A DIFFERENT MIND

TO HEAR MUSIC WHERE THERE ARE NO NOTES.

IT TAKES A DIFFERENT MIND TO CREATE A SONG

WHERE THERE ARE NO WORDS.

MOST GENIUSES LIVE LIVES OF AGONY

AND TUMULT AND LIVES

THAT WE CANNOT UNDERSTAND.

MAYBE WE ARE NOT SUPPOSED TO UNDERSTAND.

MAYBE WE ARE SUPPOSED TO REMEMBER

THE SONGS THAT GENIUSES CREATE

AND THE MUSIC THAT THEY HAVE PLAYED.

FOR MY SON TOMMY

OCTOBER 24, 1962 - MAY 25, 1987

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