Fireflies •••
“bioluminescence”: the production and emission of light by a living organism. Like fireflies ••• and Michael Jackson.
On September 30th, I put this 2002 poem of mine called “Fireflies” with this photo of Michael - because it seemed somehow appropriate - but I wasn’t exactly sure why. Part of it was that the look on his face in this photo is that of desperate desire - which is sort of what Fireflies is about.
When I did this, I had NO idea about a story Kenny Ortega (Michael’s film director for some years) would tell Oprah on her show on October 16th. The story was that Michael called Kenny in wee hours of morning during O2 rehearsals and said “Fireflies!”, “We need fireflies!” and “Victoria Falls!” Apparently, Michael wanted to reproduce Victoria Falls onstage - with fireflies. Michael was always a big Dreamer. They talked him out of that idea, due to the expense of such an endeavor.
But, maybe that had a little to do with why I felt compelled to put this poem with Michael’s photo. Or, maybe not. Maybe it’s just MY desperate desire to have my Angel back in this World. Still raw from the loss of him, I was aghast at hearing this interview where Kenny talked about this 2-3 weeks *after* I’d designed this poem/photo combo.
Then I just cried. Again.
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