note Parade Magazine

this or that born-elsewhere
angeleno
enjoyed great early success and
once seemingly had
hollywood and/or the pop music
world
by the tail
until the bloom
fell from the rose
they fell from favor and/or
something self-inflicted laid them low
and put them on the brink of
whatever
until
something spiritual
helped them find themselves
and/or
inner peace
and/or
whatever it was
redeemed them
delivering some recent
unexpected hit
of commercial resurrection
which brought them back into our
collective affections
briefly
and captured our interest
in some small way
so that we can now
confidently publish their declaration
of life
in fresh perspective
on the mend
and chastened by adversity
rededicated to some new modicum of
maturity
and
moderation
let us here now present
their inspiring story
as told
in their very own words
to our top interviewer
dotson rader
who met them in a restaurant
in lower manhattan and
carefully edited a
long tape-recorded lunch
into an
easy reading
thousand words
fit for calm
popular
perusal over
juice and cheerios
every
single
solitary
sunday
morning.