Would I want to know the date

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BobBradshaw
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Would I want to know the date

#1 Post by BobBradshaw » 30 Dec 2020, 06:52

Would I want to know the date

of my death? No, I want to live
as if death were a rumor

planted by an unreliable source.
Why count the moments

as if they were a steady drip
of a glucose bag?

On the other hand I could plan
my funeral: the casket, the music...

"Jumpin' Jack Flash" revved up on the speakers,
friends dancing between the pews as if the planet

could perish under a barrage
of meteorites at any second...

each of them secretly
believing they will live forever, that

they can elude a bullet through the heart,
can survive a scent of almonds and the flush

of cyanide poisoning in their cheeks,
that Death, a down and out detective

charged with finding them,
will always, for the right money,

choose to look the other
way

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Billy
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Re: Would I want to know the date

#2 Post by Billy » 01 Jan 2021, 21:31

Good image responses to the question, Bob. I may write a poem on this subject. I wrote a short one a long time ago, but no where near as good as this.

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Re: Would I want to know the date

#3 Post by BobBradshaw » 01 Jan 2021, 23:34

Thanks, Billy. I look forward to reading it. I know that it will be good

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