PEACES; I look forward to joining the ranks of the dead,
despite my love for life and such.
I don't mind thumbs down, so go ahead.
I give you my most honest touch.
I leave myself in tiny bits
that spread around all things
and take from you memories worth a spit
and stuff I won't be saying. Don't misinterpret that to mean
I'm about to kill myself. No.
What I meant, to paraphrase, my friend,
is I'll miss those I never did know
when I go,
& many people who left long ago
when the winter wailed wind and summer slung snow,
who I miss & hope hard I see when
I've tattooed the universe with my "end",
& if I am no longer "I" when my brain
decays, or explodes, or rots in the rain,
then so be it. Why should I pretend
to be able to send
my "my" beyond the bend,
other than to recommend
you consider how little you know the dawn
that supersedes those who have 'gone',
if such a thing should spawn,
or the emptiness nothing condones...
alone.