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Open Poetry #18

Surprise, You're Dead

ecrivan
Member Elite

since 2001-12-10

Posts 3923
my own state

0 posted 2002-02-05 02:21 AM

Who wears a cloak and wields a scythe
comes to parties and asks a tithe?
he interrupts your flambe dinners
in his shroud he proclaims his mission
he takes over-eaters by surprise,
is that friendship or demise!
"Surprise ,your dead ", he'll shout,
while some poor oaf will keel forward
face down onto his snout
guests will turn and sneer
"What's with him", they'll say...
like in Murder by Death
he's the master of who done it,
and he'll steal away
leaving blank looks on faces.

[This message has been edited by ecrivan (02-05-2002 04:23 PM).]

amusemi
Senior Member

since 2001-12-08

Posts 1262
A State of Disarray

1 posted 2002-02-05 02:24 AM

Okay, where's this coming from. Very morbid moment you're having. Hope all is okay!!!

peppermint35
Senior Member

since 2000-05-28

Posts 1106
Texas, USA

2 posted 2002-02-05 02:27 AM

Martin.. this is a real message!!!

What a subject and how well you've done it!!

Pepper
"A poem is the very image of life expressed in its eternal truth."
Percy Bysshe Shelley

ecrivan
Member Elite

since 2001-12-10

Posts 3923
my own state

3 posted 2002-02-05 04:20 PM

Amusemi,

Are you kidding??This was in retort to a posting on another site where one poet chose death as his friend. There's just rhetoric here

...they call it black humour in some places.

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