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DocuSign Envelope ID:3E2A8197-2735-44CA-8810-5AD399233576 <br /> Pam Baggett <br /> 8800 Wilkerson Road <br /> Cedar Grove NC 27231 <br /> 919-732-9403 <br /> nightair@mindspring.com <br /> Break On Through— <br /> Ray Manzarek Speaks <br /> So I'm walking down this street <br /> in heaven, and there's this kid, <br /> maybe fifteen, who's wearing my face <br /> on his t-shirt, and it's not like California, <br /> where a guy that age would never believe <br /> an old dude like me could've ever <br /> been the Doors' rock-star keyboard whiz <br /> whose riffs helped spark a revolution. <br /> Nah, it's nothing like that, up here <br /> they all nod, even the young ones say <br /> Hey man, can't wait for the show, <br /> like they've been standing for hours <br /> outside a locked coliseum door, been jostled <br /> and shoved through ticket lines, sprinted <br /> to the front to press against barricades, <br /> eye-to-bicep with some bruiser security guard <br /> So anyway, I'm walking and this angel <br /> comes up wings, white robe, <br /> the whole bit, and he leads me to a door <br /> that opens on a dark corridor <br /> but ends in bright light. I hear the screams, <br /> the cheers,thousands out there waiting, <br /> and then this guy in black leather appears <br /> in the light, says C'mon, man, it's time. He's smiling— <br /> it's Jim, <br /> and I think hell yeah, they were right <br /> to call this heaven. <br /> Appeared in Atlanta Review: Vol. XXII, No. 2, Spring/Summer 2016 <br />