Adding the word 'Tragically'
before naming any of the many musicians
who has died well past their creative peak
any time in the last forty years,
as they are spoken of as if their brilliance
ran continuously from when the musician
first picked up their instruments to when they died.
For modern musicians their fame
was always going to outlast their talent;
their fame is the most reliable aspect
of their pension plan, and this after
corporate interests buy up the rights
to the pasts of once-viable live performers
for some sort of indefinite and profitable
creative after-life, well before
the now sold out artist has pegged it.
Rest assured dear reader, there is no tragedy
to be found in a life that is well lived,
except where the liver lacked the generosity
to share their fortune and creativity
amongst the needy whilst they could.
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