JAMES BROWN'S statue adorns the median in the middle of BROAD ST...........unveiled about a year ago, it seemed like a token gesture from the city that had so often shunned his very presence.......at the time that is.........
In light of recent events, the modesty of the JAMES BROWN statue seems altogether fitting.........because while James was an ego to be reckoned with(deserving of tributes cast in bronze), he was also an everyman.........human in every way imaginible.......however to a fault loving his fellow man........
I visited the statue tonight.........there were throngs of people gathered around.......taking photographs and signing the flag draped around his shoulders.......the power of it all was striking........i was moved to tears.......i cried for JAMES BROWN the same way i cried for JOHN LENNON.........they were equals in my mind.........i miss him more than i thought i might........
In my hometown tonight, the hotels along the riverfront are filling with celebrity mourners........The Jackson Family has rented out the entire top floor of the Riverfront Marriot.........Usher drank at the bar there tonight.......Don King wandered the lobby looking for the bathroom as Patty Labelle signed autographs.......the airport reports private planes from all over the globe landing there in the past many hours........
Tomorrow morning thousands will file past that golden casket.......and it will be a good thing..........i think i need closure..........i think Augusta needs to reconcile its shabby treatment of this man......and replace that long held disdain with what THE GODFATHER deserved all along.......RESPECT..........
Rock it like you're trying to commit murder.......
Stak
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Happy New Year! May this year be happy, successful and prosperous for you :)
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