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Certain things you come to expect in rock music…Ozzy biting heads of bats, Judas Priest sued for violent lyrics then coming out of the closet, the self-mutilation of punk icon Sid Vicious. Nothing shocking. But Elvis crushing bird skulls in the morning and memorializing it in poetry? That’s shocking. A copy of the the poem, recently auctioned at Gotta Have It, gave this description:

This is a poem that Elvis would recite often on stage and in his personal life, called “Ode to a Robin.” He even used it on his home phone message machine recording. He wrote the poem down for several people and this one was given to his very good friend Charlie Hodge in the 1970’s. Hodge, a member of Elvis’ “Memphis Mafia”, met Elvis in the army and lived for 16 years in a converted apartment at Graceland. Comes with signed letter from Hodge on his personally stationery dated December 12, 1993. Estimate: $4,000 - $5,000.

I’m shocked…read on my friends.

Such a beautiful man...

Tags: auctions, elvis presley, gotta have it, judas priest, letters, ode to a robin, ozzy ozbourne, sid vicious

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