Phoenix Night

I worry, no, I do:

what if it isn’t actually true?

A complex, funny twist of fate,

if this news turns out to be just as fake.

A lonely death with no-one close,

prescription drugs, an overdose.

What a terrible thing, remorse!

This man delivered us Trump, of course.

Still, it is so terribly young,

the end of his song remains unsung,

and anyone’s death is a terrible loss,

but did he try to get across

why he gave us the orange goat?

Did he leave a suicide note?

And if he deigned to leave us one,

and I'm quite sure he hasn’t done;

it would have been just, or even wise,

to write “I do apologise”.