jackson c. frank days

‘here there is no law but the arcade’s penny claw hanging empty’ 

his true life would make you cry (look it up).

he is born today (march 2nd). he dies tomorrow (march 3rd).

between those days the boiler at his school will explode. he will be hideously burnt.

in his hospital bed he gets to meet elvis. they will give him a guitar to distract him from the pain.

he will move to england and be feted on the london folk scene. he will be much better known than nick drake.paul simon will produce his first album.

he will return to the states and collapse into mental illness.

when he is ill and on the streets, just before his rediscovery, a kid will shoot him in the eye with an air pistol.

he will lose the sight in that eye.

he will record some songs.

he will struggle on in poverty.

 he will die aged 56 of pneumonia and cardiac arrest.

(march 3rd)