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aran
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0 posted 2003-05-19 03:17 PM


He wrote a book entitled "life"
about his waiting to die.
The covers were of heavy leather,
the contents make men cry.

The pages are creased in strange places
their words are hard to read.
He writes not about God or the Soul
because he has no need.

With flowing flourishes of his pen
he forms letters of beauty undying
although the words as they look printed
are like outright lying.

The pessimist, the optimist
the surgeon and the dog
met in the courtyards of a castle
that really was a bog.

They sang their songs and beat their drums
to make their lives seem merry,
but their current situation
was quite to the contrary.

As they laughed and danced and sang
they ever-slowly sank;
their lungs grew full of poisoned water
their hearts and souls grew dank.

Drowning slowly, happily
without the slightest care,
the men sung of heaven's gates
in hopes they'd soon be there.

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1 posted 2003-05-20 01:40 AM


very interesting piece of writing. I enjoyed reading it very much. I hope to read more of your works.

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