Friday, January 25, 2013

With apologies to Emily Dickinson


by Franice Freedman

 

How can one wait to shed,

His earthly, tethered wears?

Replaced upon deathbed

By heavenly silk so clear.

 

And following the burial,

Beyond a looming gate

Honor true doth amplify,

So ends the grievous wait.

 

Here crawl the worm and fly,

Prepared to decompose.

The time has come to fertilize,

Starting with one’s toes.

 

Who would not be flattered,

By such a privilege as this?

To be wholesomely devoured-

Death’s eternal bliss.

 

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