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Al'Z Hammered But Game

Al’z hammered but game

That life-is-death syncopation thang
     is how the master described old age
And there was nothing to be done 
     for it as the Maharishi Budh Moham Red
became a child again on his deathbed,
     lost the last remnants of control,
 his pants, biologically speaking
     and kicked the bucket, passed on,
disappeared…died.

Even animals feel empathy, just but observe
     the slaughter of their kin
So imagine my surprise at the Budh
     wisdom revealed, routinely, as I drove
for my meal only to be amazed by the
                         fact
that I could not remember what my home
      looked like, where it was, astonished
at the failure beyond my control.

Heaven is attained
     or is it decreed?
Exonerated by faith
     that somewhere in time I remember.
Haunted by my poor timing.


From Light Gets Bent Entering Water

Copyright © | Year Posted 2019




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Date: 10/4/2019 11:31:00 PM
line 7 has been censored. Seriously? Every single person on the planet does it or dies...it begins with the letters sh This is like the AOL TOS wars back in the 90s are you serious? That is not what I wrote. There's a point in saying "sh** his pants, biologically speaking" It is the raw nature of life and we have to face it. That's the point of the poem. Alzheimer's steals the most precious of all things, memories of our loved ones. You have to steal the poem because Hallmark heals? Lie
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