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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