May 13th – 19th

Its five days before, one of,
my best friend’s wedding.
I have to pick up the tux
on this black Thursday.
While I’m there I also
Have to return a defective
button-up shit. The scar of
an iron defaces the left cuff.

On these random years, such
occurrences happen.

1955
A wild crowd riots in
Jacksonville, Florida when
Elvis Presley said,
“Girls, I’ll see you backstage.”
Insane spectators cause the
first such rampage ever
triggered at one of the King’s
performances.

1974
Over fifty people, in
Washington, were cut, sliced
as fans fought the ground and
the walls with bottles. Shards
of glass leapt from beneath,
backflipped off cement
barricades. Points sharp.

The Jackson Five
played inside.

1976
North of London
Keith Richards, of
the Rolling Stones, wrecked
his car. Drugs were found.
A fine levied later. He still
continues to party.

1984
Andy Kaufman. Dead at thirty-five.

1998
Los Angeles was the home of
Frank Sinatra’s death. Heart attack.
Age eighty-two.

Seinfeld signed off, too.

2007
Neil Kelly got sunburned on
the whiffleball field. Wrote this.