It was the Year of the Monkey.
The Green Party was founded in West Germany.
Jean-Paul Sartre died, and the next day
my friend, Mary, said, ‘I wonder how Sartre
feels now, because now he knows
that God exists after all.’
The people of India voted for Indira Gandhi.
The people of America voted for Ronald Reagan.
And then, John Lennon died.
It was the Year of the Monkey.