an ode to Nirvana

secular devotees of Saint Cecelia,
gutter poets,
tar-paper melodies,
addict advocates,
NEVERMIND,
ragged millionaires:

INUTERO
(rave reviews,)
their acoustic moment of greatness,
Kurt's shot-gun sculpture,

fame growing like Reagan era-H.I.V.,
"rolling stone" cover after cover,
the publication of Kurt's notebooks:
(a huge event for grungers everywhere,)

the music lives on:
Nirvana lives on