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Incandescence

by Nancy Ames

Reach up to the sky
and you will be worth more
dead than alive.
Unnatural high,
the ultimate glamour,
none can survive.

Suicide mission
with drugs in your pocket,
playing a tune.
After ignition,
you soar like a rocket,
over the moon.

The children in schools
are looking at faces,
up on the wall.
Exceptions are rules
and, leaving no traces,
a star can fall.

03/21/2008

Author's Note: This is about all the lamented dead rock stars.

Posted on 03/21/2008
Copyright © 2026 Nancy Ames

Member Comments on this Poem
Posted by Gabriel Ricard on 03/21/08 at 11:57 PM

Well played.

Posted by Anita Mac on 03/25/08 at 12:35 AM

It is quite poignant, though I think the author's note is superfluous... I do love the piece.

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