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My Epitaph |
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JerryPat2 Member Laureate
since 2011-02-06
Posts 16975South Louisiana 
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it’s over I am gone death; the last sham within pleasant delusions some carry to the grave not I friend not I I am just gone trainees at some Louisiana research department will carry on their said research on my dead flesh and bones what’s left will be burnt to ashes my passing will not be subjected to much wailing and tearful sobbing still . . . a few might shake their heads thinking thoughts of their knowledge of me some of those thoughts might be sweet some more toward vindictiveness at any rate sighs, embittered I am just gone to the authority which surreptitiously directs our universal downfall so it is to the immeasurable narcissism of all of our sum ©April 18, 2014 / Jerry Pat Bolton ~*~ Love is friendship set on fire. ~*~ |
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Lori Grosser Rhoden Member Patricius
since 2009-10-10
Posts 10202Fair to middlin' of nowhere |
Strong message here my friend. I think you come through loud and clear. You put me in mind of my own epitaph that to paraphrase says-"Carve my butt in stone"....kiss my a** LOL. But your words have much more dignity than mine and much deeper thought. Lori  |
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JerryPat2 Member Laureate
since 2011-02-06
Posts 16975South Louisiana |
Good morning, Lori. I like your epitaph. Strong and not so many descriptive words, just went for the jugular. ~*~ Love is friendship set on fire. ~*~ |
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Michael
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Member Rara Avis
since 1999-08-13
Posts 7666California |
Ah, the delusions of life we so readily seek all eventually lead us here, don't they? Some people speak of living on, in others' memories or in deeds unforgotten. That may just be the greatest delusion of them all. Lots of contemplation going on here this morning. Glad I didn't have to work today. Michael |
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JerryPat2 Member Laureate
since 2011-02-06
Posts 16975South Louisiana |
No doubt about it, "the greatest delusion of them all." You notice that never came up in my epitaph. Appreciate you reading and commenting Michael. ~*~ Love is friendship set on fire. ~*~ |
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EmmaRose Senior Member
since 2011-03-02
Posts 1376Midwest |
Was waiting for the proverbial happy ending, but death bites.........no doubt about it you hit it hard.... |
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JerryPat2 Member Laureate
since 2011-02-06
Posts 16975South Louisiana |
Sorry to disappoint you, Emma. Just one of those days when I wrote the poem I guess. ~*~ Love is friendship set on fire. ~*~ |
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2islander2 Member Ascendant
since 2008-03-12
Posts 6825by the sea |
thanks Jerry, life has the same ending for everyone, and we always regret that, dramatical indeed, your poem is beautiful, universal and so personnal, thanks for the reading yann |
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JamesMichael Member Empyrean
since 1999-11-16
Posts 33336Kapolei, Hawaii, USA |
fine writing of a demise...something we will all experience intimately...James |
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