Sport 37: Winter 2009
The Acolyte
The Acolyte
on the day of his apotheosis
Elvis will come to Hawera
in a sky blue 72 Cadillac
and raise up his faithful servant
K.D. Wasley by the hand
mumbling Good goin ol buddy
in that voice that tells you
it's all right
and while a chorus of Florida beach girls
wiggles along to Return to Sender
the two of them
sideburned and slightly paunchy
but it's all right
will soar above the water tower and Mt Taranaki
into the blue sky of rock n roll legend
where there is only one King
who clicks into place on his throne
like a fridge door magnet