I.
the wild men of pearl jam-
pure engery

in the hearts
of the children listenting

as the
lead singer climbs
the rafters
jumps to his
death,
(a heroic death)
better that than
a kiss from a shotgun.

The singer jumps
the children catch him-
Alive

II.
 Kurt said
your band wasn't


MTV awards
there he was
possessed-
possessed

arms raised in a V
and the dead lay in pools of maroon below"

I still want that brown corduroy
jacket