Phil Spector Responds to Paul McCartney’s 4/14/70 Letter Concerning McCartney’s Dissatisfaction with Spector’s Production on “The Long and Winding Road” in the Form of a Blackout Poem

by John Waddy Bullion

□□□□ Sir,

□□ □□□□□□□ no one □□□□ □□ □□□□□□□ □□ □□□ □□ □□ □□□□□□□□ □□□□ □ □□□□□□□□□ □□ □□□ □□ □□ □□□□□ w□□ho□□ □□ □□□□□□□□□□□

□ □□□ considered □□□□□□□□□□□□□ □□□□ □□□□ □□□ □□□□□□□ □□□□□ □□□ □ □□□ □□□□□□□ □□□□□□□ □□□ □□ □□□□□□□□□□ □□□□ □□ □□□□□□□ □□ these □□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□

□□ □□□□□□□□ □□□□□□ voices and □□□ □□□□□ noises □□ □□ □□□□□□□ □□ □□□□□□□

□□ □□□□□ □□□ □□□□□□ □□□□□□□□□□□□□□□ □□ □□ brought up □□ □□□□□□□

□□ □□□□ □□ □□ □□□□□□□ □□□□□□□□□□ □□ the end □□ □□□ □□□□ □□□ □□□□□□□□ □□□□□ □□□□□ □□ □□ □□□□□□□□□□□□

□□ □□□□□ ever □□ □□ again.

Signed

□□□□ □□□□□□□□□

□□□□ Phil □□□□□□□

□□□□ □□□□□□□

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John Waddy Bullion’s writing has appeared in BULL, HAD, X-R-A-Y, the Texas Review, Hunger Mountain, and Vol 1. Brooklyn, among other fine places, and his debut collection of short stories This World Will Never Run Out of Strangers was published by Cowboy Jamboree Press in November 2025. He lives in Fort Worth, Texas, with his family. Visit him online at johnwaddybullion.com.

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