Biographer claims that Michael Jackson spent last hours 'high as a kite' and writing poetry

By Greig Box Turnbull 10/08/2009

Tormented Michael Jackson wrote scary poetry during a nightmare 12 final hours in which he pleaded to see his father, it was claimed yesterday.

Jacko's biographer Ian Halperin said the star slumped into a drug-fuelled breakdown and began writing poems in the early hours.

Mr Halperin claimed: "He was as high as a kite. What he wrote was dark, sort of frightening.

"The poems were found, hanging in his room on strings. He was over the edge."

For the next 40 minutes he sat on his bed reading the Bible and crying.

Mr Halperin also claimed the singer had snapped and demanded his 50 London gigs be called off and cried out for his 80-year-old dad Joe - shouting that he was the only person he could trust.

The author alleged when Jacko was told his dad was not available he ordered Dr Conrad Murray, who is being investigated by police, to give him drugs to "put him out".

Mr Halperin said: "Michael was cracking up. He had been injecting himself for over 12 hours, he said for excruciating pain. "He begged to see his father but was told they couldn't get hold of him."If Joe Jackson had seen him that night, I believe Michael would still be alive."

Mr Halperin said Jacko had left his bedroom at 2.40pm still dressed in his pyjamas, adding: "He was a bit high but struck up a conversation with an aide. He reminisced about his childhood."

Michael then returned to his bedroom, refused to take calls and cancelled a rehearsal. The author went on: "He couldn't keep in sync because of drugs and pain. Three days earlier, he had said he had 'made a deal with the devil'."

In the early hours on the day of his death in June, Jacko appeared "scared and angry", said Mr Halperin. He revealed the singer's aides told him Michael had been listening to music.

The author continued: "He listened to classics for a couple of hours. Then he switched to the Gipsy Kings, which was odd. They weren't exactly Michael's thing. His mood was extremely chaotic."

Mr Halperin said Jacko took a call at 1.20am and claimed: "He got in a shouting match about finances. That was when Michael said he was calling off the tour. He said some advisers didn't care about his welfare. I've been told he was crying.

"He demanded an aide call his father.

He said his father was the only person who could 'clean up the mess'."