Kennedy Heads

Kennedy Heads

Kids with Kennedy heads. 
You know the kind —
Heads everyone worries
Brains will fly out of.
Heads that wouldn’t be
Out of place on a bill too 
Large for most to carry. 
Heads that grew up sailing
The waters of Hyannis Port.
Heads Marilyn held in hands 
Heavy with diamonds.
The kids at this party
Have Kennedy heads,
Which tells you something
About the drugs available
And the money back of it all,
Money like straight white teeth,
Like linen sails snapping in
What for us is only wind.