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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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CarveTheMoon PLATINUM said...
on Dec. 2 2010 at 1:29 pm
Oh my.... This is the BEST thing i have ever read better than any of mine at least! you are really good! Keep Writing i am gonna keep looking at ur stuff! :)
lele18 said...
on Dec. 2 2010 at 12:16 pm
this is really good
toni0896 said...
on Dec. 1 2010 at 1:27 pm
i agree <333
sassybananas145 BRONZE said...
on Nov. 30 2010 at 3:47 pm
great poem!
RedpillBluepill said...
on Nov. 29 2010 at 1:11 am
I wish I understood this. It seems like it's saying "don't mourn me, I'm nothing special" in the first two stanzas, but then by the third stanza idk what the message is supposed to be. Can anyone explain?
Dunkelheitstieg BRONZE said...
on Nov. 22 2010 at 1:19 pm
I have always loved this poem.
foreverme143 SILVER said...
on Nov. 20 2010 at 7:34 pm
beautiful, but a little sad to think about
Taylor-pop SILVER said...
on Nov. 14 2010 at 9:24 pm
That was so beautiful... i enjoyed reading it.
WinterFairy PLATINUM said...
on Nov. 10 2010 at 3:40 pm
really interesting
mstweety012 said...
on Nov. 10 2010 at 12:55 pm
i love this poem it is just how i feel
silentvocal SILVER said...
on Nov. 10 2010 at 8:18 am
I love how it keeps you thinking for ever, long after you've read it. And it really does quench that interest-it's just remarkable
nonasky427 BRONZE said...
on Oct. 27 2010 at 9:50 pm
I love this.
MusicGirl101 BRONZE said...
on Oct. 26 2010 at 8:02 pm
I love your style of writing...ur emotion is so open..and it's rlly creative :)
Redbull12 said...
on Oct. 19 2010 at 10:22 pm
I enjoyed the creativity, it's very thought provoking yet simplistic in its own way, well done. ;)
Dragonscribe BRONZE said...
on Oct. 19 2010 at 4:23 pm
I love this! I'm going to have to read this over and over again before I truly appreciate and understand all of it. This is really amazing.
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