With a feeling of despondency so intense that it was almost pleasurable, he got out his guitar. So this was to be his condition now. What was he but a fragment of broken churned-uphumanity washed up on this faraway shore? This was where his journey had brought him.... There mus be a song in this... Marina Lewycka
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In the last days of his life, John Lennon wrote a poem called, “With a feeling of despondency so intense that it was almost pleasurable, he got out his guitar.” Having endured death threats and harassment, Lennon felt trapped in his own life. He thought of ending it all, but instead he chose to write this short poem.The poem’s title is ironic because it sounds like something that would make you want to smile, like finding an old cassette tape that you had long forgotten about. Instead, the title is meant to be depressing, reflecting the pains of living.

Source: Two Caravans

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