23 Beats Off Fugazi

A name
I recognise that name
It was at the center
Of some ticker tape parade
The lead story
A fine example
A name
A name

A name
I recognise that name
It was at the center
Of some magnifying glass
The lead story
A fine example
A name

He used to pretend
He was fighting some war somewhere
Now everything depends
On fighting some war

He never thought he'd be an
Exclamation point
A demonstration of his disease
A punctuation mark
A household name with HIV