Category Archives: Death



Sooner or Later

When I was young,
I wondered:
“What’s the point? We’re gonna die.”
School, marriage, kids, sweat, Continue reading →

Posted in Death, Politics, Religion

Zero-sum

Pierce through our hist’ry books, our modern scene—
Discover truth: life’s a zero-sum game.
Frenzied flagellate spears ovum—the dream
Begins: gestation, birth, fierce drive for fame! Continue reading →

Posted in Conformity, Death

Last Poem

One day I’ll write a verse, oblivious,
While inertia’s mortal pendulum blasts
Through its deadly arc—grim lascivious
Instrument—and that verse will be my last. Continue reading →

Posted in Death, Friends

Bliss

Bliss, like the ages of man, has stages.
The unremembered first, doubtless, the teat.
At ten I won a bike. Didn’t get laid
Until eighteen (memorably unsweet!)—
Continue reading →

Posted in Aging, Death, Wisdom

Requiem

Inside the skin’s where it happens.
Amazing what that space contains—
Interstices, the roads, all mapped
By what we’ve done—our lives’ refrain, Continue reading →

Posted in Death

Death

This pill mitigates that pill’s dire effect—
How’s that for modern medicine? The pills,
Of course, will kill me finally. The skills
Prolonging pain-laced life cannot project Continue reading →

Posted in Death