Best Live Fast Poems

The
percent,
one point three.
Thirteen of each
one thousand famous
musicians will likely
die at age twenty seven.
The, so called, Twenty Seven Club.
A tragic portent for young artists.

The truth is Hendrix, Joplin, Morrison
and Cobain died at twenty seven,
yes,a sad event, but Rick James,
Fogelberg, Roger Miller
and Billy Powell didn't.
They are members...

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flowers are butterflies that lost their wings
the net that held you has cut its strings
not much in hand but a walking stick
pulling each other through thin and thick
ice lanes cover the streams that should flow
at the peak of life you can let it all go...

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Steal James Dean's car
Paint it
Marlboro Red
Marina Blue
Cocaine White
Slip down and cruise the coast
Skip town on the drop of a dime
1955 Porsche 550 Spyder in the sunset
Fast as you can
No speed limit
Drive fast
Live Dangerously
Make love slow & passionate
Her blonde hair blowing in the wind
Not a care...

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                               Gurgling mountain streams
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