For James Dean


"you got to live fast;
death comes early."
James Dean
1931-1955

three of you
in one day
I made love to

in bed, a taste
chaste
and in haste

a cowboy hat
a red jacket
and $5,000 dollars

three of you
in one you
i made love with

gently,
terrible-
beautiful

little bastard you
little rebel you
little giant you

eastward off eden
cruising on route 66
then crashing and burning

you comet you
i'll love you
as you loved

gentle
fast
and strong

dreaming as if you live forever
living as if you died today