by Mary K O’Melveny
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She blew in like a Hurricane A river deep A mountain high She ditched Ike Took over the mike Blew our minds Broke our hearts Tina Turner knew first hand What love’s got to do with it She told us what we needed Knew what we wanted Tina stamped her feet Released her hips Danced like unleashed wind She defied age Demanded respect Broke the rules Exposed the fools Tina wore Stiletto heels Spangled dresses Split sexy skirts Spiky blonde hair She even taught Mick Jagger How to dance swivel shake Tina shouted loud Made us proud Said we’d better be good to her She will keep on like a Hurricane Turning Burning Churning Tina was our Queen of Rock ‘n Roll Simply the best Better than all the rest
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Mary K O'Melveny is a recently retired labor rights attorney who lives in Washington DC and Woodstock NY. Her work has appeared in various print and on-line journals. Her most recent poetry collection is Dispatches From the Memory Care Museum, just out from Kelsay Books. Her first poetry chapbook A Woman of a Certain Age is available from Finishing Line Press. Mary’s poetry collection Merging Star Hypotheses was published by Finishing Line Press in January, 2020.