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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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fatmama 432 said...
on Oct. 19 2010 at 1:08 pm
this is a good book
kaykaycocoa said...
on Oct. 19 2010 at 10:42 am
Interesting and creative...love it!
holly.nicole SILVER said...
on Oct. 16 2010 at 4:41 pm
Brilliant...and beautiful!(: and it makes me think.....interesting.
AliceForever BRONZE said...
on Oct. 15 2010 at 7:59 pm
Beautiful...
alihadley14 GOLD said...
on Sep. 27 2010 at 6:50 pm
simply majestic.
bravo.
Nikkia0425 said...
on Sep. 27 2010 at 2:07 pm
-this is a beautiful poem i really do like this!!*
nearly 200 whales said...
on Sep. 20 2010 at 8:46 am
The first sentence makes a good haiku.
Kingfan123 GOLD said...
on Sep. 18 2010 at 12:54 pm
All I can say is that it is just so amazingly written! Great job!
taylorleigh17 SILVER said...
on Sep. 5 2010 at 7:42 pm
Amazingly writen
LoveTravelTell GOLD said...
on Aug. 15 2010 at 5:50 pm
hai, it is
LoveTravelTell GOLD said...
on Aug. 14 2010 at 11:16 am
there is something treasured in love, like that. a selfless view of things that don't connect with the other's feelings of loss. this poem makes me sad, but i like it.
shyguymaniac22 BRONZE said...
on Aug. 14 2010 at 2:21 am
Very lovely. It sounded a bit like Shel Silverstein's work.
KawaiiYoruichi BRONZE said...
on Aug. 14 2010 at 2:05 am
I love your work,Wow,it reminds me of some of the things I've written.
OstentatiousNature BRONZE said...
on Aug. 5 2010 at 2:28 am
Gorgeous and dark! WONDERFUL!
optimisticpessimist said...
on Jul. 27 2010 at 11:03 am
It's kinda dark and I love it! I 'd appreciate if you could look at my stuff thanks.
s'not a book.
fatmama - it's not a book