Dancing to the Earthy Abode

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    Wouldn't I give anything to experience death?

    Dancing to the Earthy Abode

    I mingled with the mourners.

    They were mourning my untimely demise.

    I tried consoling my wife who wouldn't be consoled.

    I wiped away my children's tears but they wouldn't dry.

    I talked to them but they wouldn't listen,

    For their ears were tuned to the priest's eulogy.

    I stepped up and peered into my face.

    I noticed a wicked smile bloom there.

     

    I saw them pick me up with a struggle.

    I sprang up under the coffin and lent a hand.

    Pall-bearers were always the strongest.

    So I left them and took lead of the party,

    Held the tip of my hat to straighten it.

    As I danced my way to the earthy abode,

    I still couldn't fix my feelings- fear, fate or frenzy?

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    dancinghawk commented on Dancing to the Earthy Abode

    01-10-2011

    you'd have to give everything to experience death, lol ... anyway ...interesting vignette, abraham ... exploring what it might be like ... and love the rather veiled (excuse the pun) point of the whole piece, that if one is too focused on the intermediary, "For their ears were tuned to the priest's eulogy," one might miss some vital and fascinating information, "I talked to them but they wouldn't listen" ... for indeed, how fascinating might it be to hear the dead ... then again, maybe it's for the best, lol ... great post ... -dh
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    abraham

    01/11/2011

    Thanks DH for the read and appreciation. Will return the favour.

    A poem begins as a lump in the throat, a sense of wrong, a homesickness, a lovesickness. It finds the thought and the thought finds the words.

    Robert Frost (1875-1963) American Poet.

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