DEATH Poem: SPEEDBALL by Ruben Mejia

CHRIS FARLEY. 33.
FOUND DEAD IN HIS APARTMENT BY HIS YOUNGER BROTHER.
CAUSE OF DEATH: Speedball.
HIS LAST WORDS: “don’t leave me.”

JOHN BELUSHI. 33.
FOUND DEAD IN HIS HOTEL BY A GROUPIE.
CAUSE OF DEATH: SpeedbalI.
HIS LAST WORDS: “just don’t leave me”.

if you live fast, you burn quick.
just don’t let the laughter die down.

JEAN-MICHEL BASQUAIT. 27.
FOUND DEAD IN HIS HOME BY HIS GIRLFRIEND
CAUSE OF DEATH: Speedball.
QUOTED AS TO SAY:
“they say the drugs are killing me, but when i stop using,
they say my art is dead.”

hearts on canvas.
consumed, until nothing remains.

PHILIP SEYMOYR HOFFMAN. 46.
FOUND DEAD IN HIS BATHROOM BY A FRIEND.
CAUSE OF DEATH: SPEEDBALL.
QUOTED DURING HIS FINAL DAYS AS SAYING:
“if i don’t stop now, i know I’m going to die!

RIVER PHOENIX. 23.
FOUND COLLAPSED OUTSIDE THE VIPER ROOM
ON HALLOWEEN NIGHT.
CAUSE OF DEATH: SPEEDBALL.
HIS LAST WORDS: “bob, i don’t feel so good.”

it’s okay to die.
i’d rather it sooner than later.

but dear god, don’t let me die alone