JOHNNY COOL IS DEAD

R.M. ENGELHARDT POET AUTHOR WRITER

JOHNNY COOL IS DEAD

Another actor
Another rock star
Another hipster
Another death

See it

On social media
The posts
& the tributes

He was an original
Such an amazing talent
Amazing person

Damn.

Shit.

Fuck.

He’s gone

He sang that song
Wrote that book
Y’know he starred
In that movie

Unforgettable

Damn

Fuck

Shit

Johnny Cool
Is Dead

A hero
An icon

A star

Soon to be replaced
By another carbon copy

Who will represent
All the things we have
Never become

All the things that
We wanted to be or
Wanted to say when
We were young

Fuck

Shit

Damn

Johnny Cool
Is Dead

Just another reminder
That we will never
Just be ourselves

Again

Throwing all our
Hopes & dreams
Upon somebody else

Like a sacrifice
In the wind