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JerryPat2 Member Laureate
since 2011-02-06
Posts 16975South Louisiana 
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death gave me a holler I ignored it sonofagun hollered again said, step over here I sauntered over trying to scare me I thought he doesn’t though he showed me my casket I was lying in it I admit that scared me some it would you too ©March 27, 2014 / Jerry Pat Bolton ~*~ Why is bra singular and panties plural? ~*~ |
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Lori Grosser Rhoden Member Patricius
since 2009-10-10
Posts 10202Fair to middlin' of nowhere |
That was a month ago... Glad you are still here. Hope your head is in a better place now than it was then. Lori  |
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JerryPat2 Member Laureate
since 2011-02-06
Posts 16975South Louisiana |
A dream. Just a dream, Lori. I'll admit death is on my mind more than it used to be. It's creeping up on me. ~*~ Why is bra singular and panties plural? ~*~ |
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Margherita Member Seraphic
since 2003-02-08
Posts 22236Eternity |
Yes, no doubt that view would frighten me too, dear Jerry! It is true that with age we think about death much more. Your poem confronts us with its mystery and our natural reaction to the unknown. Very impressive. Imagine that right now I am reading a book by Hermann Hesse which is actually a collection of his thoughts, letters, reports about getting old and about death: original title is "Mit der Reife wird man juenger" (With maturity we become younger). It is in the end about learning to face death, naturally, without fear, by letting go, by living consciously as long as we can, trusting Universe. Enjoying even the small things that life still offers us till the end. It is actually a bad thing that the topic death is mostly still taboo. I appreciate you talking about it. Love and peace. Margherita |
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JerryPat2 Member Laureate
since 2011-02-06
Posts 16975South Louisiana |
~*~ Why is bra singular and panties plural? ~*~ |
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JerryPat2 Member Laureate
since 2011-02-06
Posts 16975South Louisiana |
I think of death daily, Margherita. When you get to my age death is the most natural thing to think or muse about. After all we are much closer to death than we are most anything. When the next breath could be our last one, death is subconsciously on out mind twenty-four-seven. I'm certainly not morbid about it. Like the book you are reading by Hermann Hesse, I too am trying to come to grips with what is inevitable. I'm pretty much there, I do not dread it. I'd just like to pick the time, however. Thank you very much, Margherita, for commenting so intelligently on my little poem. ~*~ Why is bra singular and panties plural? ~*~ |
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