Done Too Soon

Jesus christfanny brice
Wolfie mozart and humphrey bogart and
Genghis khan and
On to h. g. wells.
Ho chi minhgunga din
Henry luce and john wilkes booth
And alexanders
King and graham bell.
Ramar krishnamama whistler
Patrice lumumba and russ colombo
Karl and chico marx
Albert camus.
E. a. poehenri rousseau
Sholom aleichem and caryl chessman
Alan freed and
Buster keaton too
And each one there
Has one thing shared:
They have sweated beneath the same sun
Looked up in wonder at the same moon
And wept when it was all done
For bein? done too soon
For bein? done too soon.
For bein? done.