DESTINED FOR DISAPPOINTMENT

…and then the band just exploded.
Just, like, out of nowhere
they were gone
replaced by scorch marks and soot and bone
and horrified wails by an audience
that clamored for more
but were destined for disappointment.

They were that hot,
that propulsive
that mighty,
the band,
and only the fevered few got to see it
before they burnt out
– or burnt up.

Me?
I wasn’t one of the special people
at that special show
of that superspecial group.
In fact,
I never even heard of them.