When the Clock Strikes Midnight

As humans

we’ve a tendency

to self-destruct

Disagree?

Ask Marilyn.

Jimi Hendrix.

Janis Joplin.

Jim & Janis

were 27

when they died.

So was

Jim Morrison.

“27.”

Imagine that!

At 27

we’re just takin’ off.

Flaps down.

Boosters on.

Kissin’ the sky.

“Zoom!”

“Ba-boom!”

27 ...

About to sprout.

Bloom.

Blossom.

So soon.

Too soon.

“Ka-boom!”

Why?

Why die?

So young.

Too young.

Dusk.

Right after dawn,

“Gone.”

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