Venom- 'Cooler Than Me'

Topical piece on Mike Posner. https://www.mirror.co.uk/3am/celebrity-news/singer-mike-posner-airlifted-hospital-18869459

His dad died,

his friend Avicii died

and he thought…

My life is now,

one day I’m gonna die too,

lets take a hike!

 

Crossing America,

Asbury Park, New Jersey

to California,

music on the

back burner,

but a new single

to celebrate

each state line

crossed.

 

Making good time,

"crushed sixteen",

eight miles to go

till the end of the

day in Colorado.

 

Never thought

to end up

in the rescue

chopper

on his way

to emergency

with a snake

bite!

09/08/19

Author's Note

Reviews

[gram linski]

Don't know much about Mike Posner but you told it well, do like a bit of Mr Harvey, this surprised me,

[John Alexander McFadyen]

Why surprised. It was an interesting story trailed in the press. Enjoy PJ lol!

[Chris Shaw]

Life is full of uncertainty. We don't know how long we have. That really hits us when we lose those we love and when we hear about the premature deaths of young people. Live each day as though it was your last springs to mind here John. Strong message contained in your free verse lines.

Chris

[John Alexander McFadyen]

Aye and in the meantime Mr Posner is laid up for seven weeks until he can resume his trip across America. Thanks Chris.

[Chris Shaw]

Bad luck, that gets into the equation too sometimes. His cards were marked that day:(

[jacob erin-cilberto]

nice allegory here...we have to take risks in life in order to really live...and as a poem once said..."to die is to live" or something close to that.
a journey here.
descriptive and takes us along.
j.

[John Alexander McFadyen]

That made me chuckle. The unintended allegory. I am pretty useless at them and marvel at your ability to find new ones with such regularity. This is a verbatim account of a real event reported in this mornings internet news lol! Many thanks Jacob.