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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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Chelle*aka* Me, Myself, and I said...
on Apr. 22 2009 at 2:49 am
Very deep.... ists tells and expresses alot of feeling
epeters789 said...
on Apr. 14 2009 at 3:44 am
Cheri-Submission BRONZE said...
on Apr. 9 2009 at 11:46 pm
The words made me think of a lover, while the tone was that of a morbid place in Mulan Rouge (which I'm sure I spelled wrong).
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on Apr. 9 2009 at 1:28 am
OMG!!!!I LOVE THIS POEM!!!!! I LOVE POEMS LIKE THESE I WANT U TO WRITE MORE PLZZ!!!
iAmTheStardust PLATINUM said...
on Apr. 8 2009 at 12:42 am
this is a fantatstic poem! i love your sense of thinking! keep writing!
DoLL_F@C3 said...
on Apr. 7 2009 at 11:32 pm
this was fantastic! keep up the good work
KaylynnKalidescope said...
on Apr. 7 2009 at 1:10 pm
This is beatiful. I love the way you mixed death with the words you used to describe you're thoughts. Fantastic.
KathleenE. said...
on Apr. 6 2009 at 10:26 pm
I like this a lot. Did you get the inspiration from the Steve Kowit book? If so, I especially like how you completley transformed the poem. It went in such an unexpected way. I think it gets really good in the last 2 stanzas.
IttehBitteh GOLD said...
on Apr. 6 2009 at 4:48 pm
these people..are trying to look really smart with their comments haha i dont exactly understand it you should add on and maybe put a explantion but thats just me
Free_spirit BRONZE said...
on Apr. 4 2009 at 8:10 pm
wow. i think its great. your an amazing poet :)
francheeze88 SILVER said...
on Apr. 4 2009 at 2:41 am
Wow, I love this. You write about death in such an optimistic and beautiful way.
torinb10 said...
on Apr. 4 2009 at 1:20 am
wow ur amazing
Audrey Gidman said...
on Apr. 4 2009 at 12:28 am
This is absolutely incredible. I love it, the theme, the tone, the way you crafted the sentences, the way the words are strung together. It almost makes no sense at all, but it is very enlightening.
middlesage BRONZE said...
on Apr. 3 2009 at 1:25 am
i loved this.
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