Earthwords
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Earth Words
David J Walker
*Call it the afterlife if for no other reason
The uncertainty of living in the here and now
The stars are part and parcel to the late-night road map
Printed in tattoo black ink on the face of the universe
*Falling back into a yellow glow of horse-like cosmic clouds
Seems extreme but better than facing another night
alone on the darkened parts of the moon
*The nurse returned and said I am scheduled next
to exit the planet but you never know for sure
about these things and I should call my family
*If for no other reason the afterlife opens its curtain
to the uncertain grand entrance to the cosmos
and you can hear someone, maybe your mother,
calling your name, drawing you in via unknown motion
*And the atonement demands a blank slate
you may forget all of your unanswered questions of
little interest beyond this earth where words again
have no meaning
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