Not Blame Your Pleasure
Because vision limits options, I close my eyes.
Becoming urges patience.
The morning after I didn’t die, I took breakfast in bed.
Arrival stamps the difference between waiting and choice.
Expectation, too, extends its squeeze, rendering sleep impossible.
I ride the bike and go nowhere, or walk steadily, covering the same ground.
Which will claim me first? An occlusion, gravity or unchecked growth?
Anticipation replaces one sigh with another: I have three falls from two roofs.
A friend has named me executor of his estate, and now the race is on.
The path to the void seems straight only near its end.
My ashes will one day soil someone’s morning.
O at the Edges 
yes.
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Thanks, John.
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What a joy, this poem! Every line, so complete in itself. My 2 favourites: “I ride the bike and go nowhere…” and the ending, which really made me smile – clever, sad, funny all at once. Your poems are like gourmet treats, Robert!
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Thank you, Lynne. I hope you keep nibbling.
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And lighten someone’s mind.
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Or soil their morning. 🙂
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Good one!
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Thank you.
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The morning after, we all wish. Bravo.
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In the hospital, but breakfast in bed, nevertheless. This was a while ago. 🙂
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Rather than the reduction into ashes I recommend enriching the soil with decomposition. 🙂 Why so morbid?
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Except here we’re pumped full of nasty fluids and placed in boxes. I’d prefer a sky burial, but my suburban neighbors would object to the attracted vultures. So cremation is my solution. 🙂
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We have eco solutions here – one can apply to be wrapped and planted in a forest of trees; no plaques but a GPS coordinate is recorded. No chemicals; no boxes unless it’s cardboard or something readily bio degradable. It’s my choice as I feel I owe the worms a debt 🙂
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I don’t know if we have that option in our immediate area, but I know it’s available in others. How nice!
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One of the most powerful pieces of writing I’ve ever read. Bravo! 🙂
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Thank you, Robin. I am honored.
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Wonderful poem, Robert. I really enjoyed it. Made me think of Haruki Murakami for some reason. Thank you for sharing.
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I would not have made the Murakami connection, but I like it. Thank you.
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Very epigrammatic!
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Some pieces seem to flow in that direction.
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This is a beautiful piece of work!
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You’re very kind. Thank you.
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good thought provoking piece! Thanks for sharing it!
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I’m pleased you found it so. Thank you.
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Beautiful 🙂
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Thank you.
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