Cremation

CREMATION  -  Poem for a Husband and Probably his Wife, Also


He wants his bones
	No more grown
To her, he groans…
	Wants loss of bones

That is, Cremation!

He wants to lose
	That precious body
	No chance for a last toddy
That route couldn’t keep
	Those healthy bones
So it is she who’ll acquiesce
	And lose her bones, his bones,
		no moans

That is, Cremation!

His wife, instead
	Enjoys their bed
She wants to visit
	Him, without limit
Though gone, she’d like to see
	His bones together, then
Underneath the green, no mind the weather

Please! No Cremation

Visiting him over the dark sky
	Underneath that green bed
No one could ever emit a sigh
	For, it is known, all others will tread.

Marriage ‘til death departed?
	This gal won’t see him martyred
Her bones beside his bones
	Or left to her, not his, moans.

He’d like to have sister’s no-bones
	In with us! So-La! La!
Setting up a threesome
	Ending that freesome.
No more, the Twosome!

About it, make no bones
	Cremations don’t go like loans
Paid off, reverse no possibility
	Done, there’s now no probability.

Gone, the bones to other energies
	Try o try to find those synergies
Gone, is the dust forevermore,
	Now - the ashes - you must store.
	Gone, the body, evermore.

Ashes to ashes, so it is said
	While here, be sure to enjoy your bed.

Cremation, Darnation! 


(to be read loud + emphatically)


Carol Rae Bradford

March 2, 2006
9:00 am thru 10:00 am
Copyright © | Year Posted 2015

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August 22, 2015 at 3:25 PM
Carol, hope to see you post a new poem soon.... Skat
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April 26, 2015 at 2:58 PM
Carol, Dropped by to say hi and congratulate you on having your poem selected by Soup's Administration. This is a wonderful poem to have featured on the homepage. ~Always & Forever~ LINDA
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April 18, 2015 at 1:57 PM
Carol, A nice warm WELCOME to poetry soup. I hope you have fun with this wonderful community. You'll find many friendly poets who are ready to support and give positive feedback. I will enjoy following you and your poetry when you are ready :) We are Lucky To Have you. Enjoy 2015, with New Poet Friends @-> LINDA <-@
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April 18, 2015 at 9:24 AM
Carol, Stopping by with a nice, sweet Welcome to Poetry Soup. I will get much delight in reading and in time become familiar with your verse. As for now, I will greet you with the same smile others passed when I first joined the soup. Wishing you and your poetry the best. I hope you get to meet all the nice poets around here STARTING with me- SKAT :-) Please drop a hello and tell me a little about yourself if you wish. I would like to be your newest poetry soup "FRIEND" Hugs* SKAT
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April 16, 2015 at 7:01 PM
Thats a very bizarre topic! You did it well though. Way to go! I can't wait to read more of your work. <3 Tash
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April 16, 2015 at 7:12 PM
Thank you, Tasha Taylor for your lovely Comment. The man in this case wants to be cremated. his wife objects! Thx Carol
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