okay so i was watching sunrise (the day heath ledger died surrounded by pills they said first he's dead & then the ads & then in breaking news, this: so jo, what does this mean? cut to wednesday's expert from new ikea magazine (who brings h. ledger back to life no suggestion of suicide & yet troubled hollywood fame & divorce his children the strain seething on red media carpets uncomfortable with the game brokeback mountain of course nominated for an oscar there & he's here in the present tense at the press conference nbc surrounded by pills says kochie dead at twenty eight in sad in shocking breaking news heath ledger found dead in nyc at twenty eight (for fuck's sake surrounded by pills (ledger barely hours dead & already this? dead on sunrise if you've just joined us surrounded by pills heath ledger our thoughts our condolences to his family it appears surrounded by pills all right you're watching sunrise the day heath ledger died)
i parked near a newsagent today & a women’s interest mag ran with: ‘He Died Too Young (Ledger’s family tell all)’.
your poems says what we’re all thinking (sometimes).
I remember how excited I was to be taking my first red carpet paparazzi pics, it was at the Sydney Brokeback Mountain premiere, you know the one where the other photographers sprayed him with water cos they thought he was arrogant. At the time I was angry cos I only got four pics of him, as he had “stormed” off the red carpet.I heard later that after the red carpet he had cried.
Hi Derek and Franny,
Thanks for your comments … sometimes I wonder if anyone is actually sorry for the poor guy at all. I love the idea of him crying, Fran. That’s beautifully sad.