Paragraphs of prose just didn’t feel right, so here is Raja Sen's tribute to rock legend Lou Reed, who passed away on October 27.
He stumbled and he rumbled,
he fumbled and he humbled
and he did it all drunk as a monk.
He sailed and he failed,
he smiled and he beguiled,
but above all he worth-our-while’d.
O, how he made us genuflect
As he broke his guitar’s neck
And took over our cassette deck.
How helpless he made us feel
As our brains he did steal:
That genius, hid behind a yellow peel.
He assaulted us with a flower
And furry-legged fe-male power
And made us awestruck Spiders cower.
He did reflect and he did tease
Brought critics to their knees
(Though,