23 Beats Off

a name
I recognise that name
It was at the center of some ticker tape parade
The lead story,
fine example
name, a name
name I recognise that name
It was at the center of some magnifying glass
The lead story, a fine example
name, a name
He used to pretend he was fighting some war somewhere
Now everything depends on fighting some war
He never thought he'd be an exclamation point
demonstration of his disease
punctuation mark
household name with hiv
Still, it's just still sound