LAST DAY

JAYNE MANSFIELD

ELEGY

LAST DAY

WAS THE CREAM OF THE TOP,

STRAWBERRY LOLLYPOP

SEXY LIPS, SEXY EYES,

SEXY TANTRUMS AND LIES.

MOUTH WAS POUTING OR LAUGHING.

WITH HER TONGUE, WHAT A SLASHING!

USED HER BODY AS A WEAPON.

KILLED THE MEN IN A SECOND.

WITH HER HIGH HEELS SHE STOOD

OVER FIRES AND FLOODS.

SHE TRAVERSED VARIOUS WARS,

ALWAYS GLOWED LIKE THE STARS.

EVEN CRYING SOMETIMES

OVER LOVERS AND DIMES.

WITH HER HEAD UP SHE MOVED,

AMONG THE CROWDS. ALL APPROVED

SHE'S THE BEST YOU CAN FIND.

IF YOU DON'T, THEN YOU'RE BLIND.

MISSISSIPPI FAREWELL!

NEW ORLEANS, HOT AND SWELL!

HERE SHE COMES! MAKE HER WAY

GLOW WITH FLASHES ALL DAY.

BUT SHE COULDN'T ARRIVE.

HER SOUL WENT FOR A DIVE,

IN THE ETERNAL BLUE SEA

SWIMMING GLEEFUL AND FREE.