Remember U2?

Remember U2?
A legendary band.
Almost mythic. Iconoclasts - yet
not your classic iconoclasm.

A peculiar kind:
themselves. It was self
-image they selflessly
whacked at with cracks
for kicks, posing richly

for a more rewarding shot.
They got plenty. Not cynicism,

but purest jade - a vain ornament
they chased the warp core of their sincerity
with, never catching either.

The put bono the vox
to edge the guitar,
and Clayton, and Mullen
(fine Irish names!),

I distinguish
as the rhythm
section.

It was understood they were
all-responsible. Anyway

I just decided they suck

and I hold them so.