MUCH TOO LATE

This is where it happened.
This is where they played
their farewell show
to a packed room
of devoted fans love
professing undying love
and devotion
and proffering tears
and dollars
for the last chance
to buy their merchandise.

Of course,
the farewell show did so well
that the band did a farewell TOUR
and then another
and then
a couple of reunion tours.
Eventually, they did an eight-month
“Never Can Say Goodbye” Tour
but by then,
just about all of the fans
who had been so heartfelt
in their earlier goodbyes
had had enough.

Eventually,
the farewells stuck
but the band was too busy to notice
and their too big
to come back here
where it all started
– or, you know,
ended.