Goodbye Spaceboy - For David Bowie
you went supernova
with oddly
an oddity about space
that tied in with the moon landing
and your course was set.
you questioned the existence
of life on Mars
created a persona, and wife
the Stardusts
sung of the prettiest one.
loved the alien
illogically were afraid of Americans
got high
got low
crashed the same car many times.
ultimately not the chaos
but the cancer
the chameleon called
the changeling claimed
blessed, then cursed.
swung with the best of them-
spun songs too
Starman, sadness overwhelms
we knew you
and every outrageous costume change.
I saw a blackstar in the sky tonight
and knew
it was true
goodbye spaceboy
ashes to ashes
funk to funky
dust to stardust.
12.1.2016 07:30am
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