Welcome to day 152 of the 365 day poem challenge.
Word of the day plaudit meaning: "enthusiastic approval."
In Memoriam
How noble of you
To flit about and exist
To exist and shit and breathe
How complete
To walk here and there
To be carefree
To be for that matter, full of cares
To be consumed in your own concerns
Or perhaps others concerns
Or perhaps contrite and unconcerned, unperturbed
Regardless how fortunate
You may have avoided a despot
Or be in thrall to him or her
(No definitely him)
You may have punched above your weight
You may have offended many or offended few
This is all I have now of you
A memento
A long elongated lip of stone
Upon it a name
The name has faded with the weather
Beneath there is a body and polished wood
I came a decade now since
The flowers eat up through the earth
They have eaten up you
And your memento and your brown box
Your nemeses have become the earth and her tentacles
You may be under the illusion there is a twist
Your life you considered was something special significant
And it was
(But only to you)
You may have consumed much
You may have consumed little
You may have been a subject of plaudit or worshipped
You may expect respite
You may expect absence
Perhaps that is peace to you
Consider that I am lost without you
I am lost and you cannot speak
Your bones and jaw are full of worms and dirt and stones
Sticks and stones
Break your bones
The sun and moon will erode you
And me and my lungs full of heaving memory will be lost
And there will no longer be any words for you
There will only be this
In Memoriam.
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