I thought of Kim O. on the beach, and reflected on my life, my loss. And also the sequence, how we always end with ballads. Begin with the rocker, place mid-tempos in between. Take them on a trip.

Reading a hired hack write about the genesis of this single, its impending failure. A dove in the video, shitting on Freddie's arms. Things were never better than this. Even those dark days of Munich make sense, light up my boring life.[1]

Kim O., Kim O., How soon things would change. How I miss her still.[2]

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[1] The Breakfast Club (John Hughes, 1985). Purple Rain (Albert Magnoli, 1984).
[2] Author's father's daybook, 1982: "Found out about Diane-DAMN!"