David Bowie Is a Starman, a Girly Man, a Thin White Duke Man, a
“Wham Bam Thank You Ma'am!“«
David Bowie Is a Rock Star, a Black Star, a Movie Star.
David Bowie Is a Vampire, Glam Rocker, Glitter Rocker,
“StarFucker, StarFucker, StarFucker, StarFucker, Star.” *
David Bowie Is a GenderFucker!
David Bowie Is mere name.˜
David Bowie Is Andy Warhol’s dream.
David Bowie Is the Man Who Fell to Earth.
David Bowie Is a performer, a writer, an actor, a producer, a musician,
a singer, a poet, a clown.
David Bowie Is Jareth, the Goblin King!
David Bowie Is a divorcé, never a cliché.
David Bowie Is a star, a son, a brother, a father.
David Bowie Is a Hero!
David Bowie Is mere name.
David Bowie Is “a real person” that’s what he told my friend, Ginger,
“like three times before it sunk in.” •
David Bowie Is a modern lover, who makes it to the church on time.
David Bowie Is Iggy Pop’s friend.
David Bowie Is a cracked actor, “not a prophet or a stone-age man.
Just a mortal with the potential of a superman.” ª
David Bowie Is sexy, a Scary Monster, a Diamond Dog,
“i wanna be your dog???” º
David Bowie Is Ziggy, Alladin Sane, androgynous alien!
A thunderbolt of color & joy. (and how exciting is he in those spandex outfits!)
David Bowie Is mere name.
David Bowie Is British, he is Not a Knight or a Sir.
(He declined, thank you very much.)
David Bowie Is a New Yorker on the street.
David Bowie Is an agent, an entrepreneur.
David Bowie Is an innovator, collaborator, liberator.
David Bowie Is a chameleon, an alien,
appearing as a homosapien.
David Bowie Is not ordinary.
David Bowie Is out of the ordinary.
David Bowie Is ExtraOrdinary!
David Bowie Ist Ein Berliner.
David Bowie Is mere name.
David Bowie Is David Jones.
David Jones Is a private man.
David Jones Is Iman’s husband, the most beautiful woman in the world!
David Bowie Is Davy Jones.
David Bowie Is timeless, ahead of the times, defines the times.
David Bowie Is not outside of our mind.
David Bowie Is a very stylish dresser.
David Bowie Is Lazurus.
David Bowie Is a lifeline.
David Bowie Is a Fashion Icon.
David Bowie Is an inspiration.
David Bowie Is a Blackstar.
David Bowie Is mere name.
David Jones Is dead.
David Jones Is David Bowie.
David Jones Is the Man That Fell from Earth.
David Bowie Is an Artist.
David Bowie Is Stardust.
David Bowie Is “the twisted name on Garbo’s eyes.” ª
David Bowie Is.
-Lynn Ann Kister
Inspired by the film about the “David Bowie is” Exhibit in London at the Victoria Albert Museum.
« Lyrics from “Suffragate City,” from David Bowie’s album, The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars
* Chorus from song, “Star Star,” from the Rolling Stones album, Goats Head Soup
˜ “Shantideva advises us that unless we wish to understand emptiness we should not examine conventional truths such as our body, possessions, places, and friends, but instead be satisfied with their mere names, as worldly people are. Once a worldly person knows an object’s name and purpose, he is satisfied that he knows the object and does not investigate further. We must do the same, unless we want to meditate on emptiness. However, we should remember that if we did examine objects more closely we would not find them, because they would simply disappear, just like, a mirage disappears if we try to look for it.” p. 114, Modern Buddhism, by Geshe Kelsang Gyatso.
http://emodernbuddhism.com/ Download it! It’s free!
• Quote from my friend, Ginger Dzerk, who actually met The David Bowie.
ª Lyrics from the song, “Quicksand”, from David Bowie’s album, Hunky Dory
º Lyrics from the song, “I Wanna Be Your Dog”, from the self titled album, The Stooges
