by Kevin T McEneaney
In Havana, Castro censored John Lennon,
banning the Fab Four in 1964.
Cubans defiantly smuggled in tapes
of the smash hit “I Want to Hold Your Hand.”
Eventually, Castro saw John Lennon
as an anti-war activist for peace.
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With “All You Need Is Love” in the background
(nearly four decades later), he unveiled
a statue of Lennon in Havana
on the twentieth anniversary
of his NYC assassination.
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Castro said that he, too, was a dreamer.
The statue sported Lennon’s eyeglasses.
People kept filching them. Now there are guards!
