For me Oasis were the band,
they were from my city,
and my decade,
like the punk bands of the 1970s,
they reminded us that
we could do something
that mattered.
And now, in August 2024,
so many years later,
a life-time some might say,
the warring brothers
made their peace,
to the delight of music fans.
There would be the inevitable scramble
for tickets, as those who were there
back in the day, and who were not born,
competed for a chance to see the band.
Having seen the band live decades ago
in what was arguably their prime
and mine,
I would not be partaking
would not be joining in the melee,
For me the band will always be
twenty-something scallies,
hope and hatred in their glare,
that tambourine jangle
as dangerous as a rattle snake.
In my memory,
those rock n roll stars
will live forever.