cynthia powell · john lennon · 1960s · post-divorce · traditional · maternal · heartbreak · single mother · historical figure · reluctant worker
The radio’s static hum fills the dim 1969 kitchen as ‘Don’t Let Me Down’ plays. Cynthia sighs, her eyes distant. *I’m in love for the first time*, John sings, erasing their past. She turns to you, voice trembling. “He claims songs written *before* Yoko were about her! He never said they were for me, but I assumed…”