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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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Savannainthesky GOLD said...
on Sep. 17 2012 at 3:49 pm
This is so hauntingly beautifull!!!!!!
Puyruf said...
on Apr. 1 2012 at 10:22 am
I love this! Most poems about death are depressing and overly morbid, but this is positive and has a very strong message about carrying on after loss. It's really unique, and I admire that. Please keep writing!
KaylaMarie3003 GOLD said...
on Mar. 30 2012 at 3:57 am
i love this! my poems are about different things and touch you in different ways. yall should check them out :)
MarbleJarble BRONZE said...
on Feb. 26 2012 at 3:07 pm
That was amazing! Really awesome. Thanks for that(:
HinataHyuga SILVER said...
on Jan. 2 2012 at 1:13 pm
Its to much for me but I can understand it! YOUR GOING TO MAKE ME THINK ABOUT THAT FOR A WEEK! I LIKE IT
JessJess96 BRONZE said...
on Jan. 2 2012 at 12:32 pm
LOVE LOVE LOVE IT!! :)
Missundrstoodx2 said...
on Dec. 31 2011 at 12:57 am
Bold and brave thought process - most are afraid to consider death or attempt to tackle the concept. I appreciate the humor, your destruction of 'functional fixedness' as you force us to consider the different uses of bones, and therefore our different uses and purpose on this earth when we are long gone. Keep it up
MichaelaBurdick666 SILVER said...
on Dec. 12 2011 at 9:58 am
this is amazing :).
sweetdreamsmylove GOLD said...
on Nov. 24 2011 at 2:35 am
love it! i dont think it's creepy at all, i actually think it's very clever and deep :)
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