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When I am Dead MAG
January 21, 2009
When I am dead, my dearest, don’t stick my bones
together with Scotch tape. Do not try to fit them
underneath a frame. Use them, one by one,
as a weapon, a gavel. My bones,
they can be good back scratchers, honey mixers,
and hands of clocks.
You can toss them across space
and see how far they’ll glide until another hand
slips across it. When I am dead, dearest,
thread my bones to the top of a mountain.
The next time you arrive at a glass sea,
spill it boldly. Spell your life in two parts,
watch them float until they descend
like a weight down into that container.
© Matt S., Taylorville, I
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Pantophobia SILVER said...
on Feb. 6 2010 at 8:33 am
i love this i think its really amazing(:
Cheak out my work
Cheak out my work
CountryGothic GOLD said...
on Jan. 29 2010 at 8:15 am
I love this with a passion. The wording of everything is just plain beautiful and perfect...A++++++++
fiveinside2 BRONZE said...
on Jan. 28 2010 at 8:02 pm
awesome! i love your imagination. :)
JohnnyDeppLover123 DIAMOND said...
on Jan. 28 2010 at 3:50 pm
Wow...THAT WAS AMAZING!!! awesome job
LadyLazarus22 BRONZE said...
on Jan. 28 2010 at 11:13 am
Very interesting poem.
PeaveLoveMe SILVER said...
on Jan. 27 2010 at 7:53 pm
Oh. My. Gawd. LOVE LOVE LOVE IT!!!! plz read my work! would luv any feedbak!
falling-rain GOLD said...
on Jan. 23 2010 at 9:30 pm
this was great keep it up.
Madelyn1231 GOLD said...
on Jan. 19 2010 at 7:57 am
Wow. Really good :) Definitely different. I like how you think. It's almost as if your writing is like the creation of abstract in art :) Keep it up
laliel said...
on Jan. 18 2010 at 5:32 pm
i love it
it makes me think about how i dont want to be useless
and forgotten
when i am dead
it makes me think about how i dont want to be useless
and forgotten
when i am dead
NorthernWriter said...
on Jan. 17 2010 at 5:16 pm
this is a very good poem and it's different and cool...but I have read a poem that's like this that's by a famous person, i forgot the name but it starts, "When I am dead, my dear"...jw, was that your inspiration?
A_Hiddden_Beauty BRONZE said...
on Jan. 17 2010 at 11:16 am
i really like this...its different and really shows emotion
girloverlikeduh said...
on Jan. 14 2010 at 10:28 am
This is really inspiring and i can see that they write about their down feeling and how they treasure the life of death.
josue said...
on Jan. 14 2010 at 10:25 am
thats good. she know how to help herself and others
arod4 said...
on Jan. 14 2010 at 10:20 am
shes right. dont waste yourself just do something helpful even if you are dead.
Gise J. :) said...
on Jan. 13 2010 at 7:42 am
This poem is really good!
katelynhaley BRONZE said...
on Jan. 9 2010 at 12:09 pm
this is beautiful.
love&peace123 BRONZE said...
on Jan. 6 2010 at 4:41 pm
this was very good, i like the celebration of life outlook.
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