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Happy Is a Problem

Happy is the closed eye Sleeping ever so peacefully Deep in the six feet underneath No longer anything i can see Or be Least of all alone me Staring up at the leaves Barely clinging onto it's tree Chomping on old wedding cake 4 or 5 year's out of date That ended up in divorce court Which neither party contested or fought So much for until death do us part Which will only end up with our loved ones If they can stop for a minute Fighting over everything of worth You left behind That they can't claim for their own That isn't nailed down Even if that be simply a poem Written for absolutely free With your one final last remaining Wish Wanting the entire hole world For it to see Hoping it will live forevermore And therefore outlast me Until eternity

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Date: 9/6/2023 1:25:00 PM
Whew! Alot going on here. I'd have tossed the wedding cake remnants out after a week or so, but to each his own
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Christopher Flaherty
Date: 9/6/2023 3:34:00 PM
Cheers Tom Let them eat cake If they have not a lot of their own Apart from a poem to feed their soul
Date: 9/6/2023 1:08:00 PM
Ah you’re still after poetic immortality Christopher, its a nice thought to think one of our creations can endure time long after we’ve gone, perhaps you’ve written it already, some of your individual lines I’ve read over the years, have inspired me more than the greats, (the crow and raindrop splitting hairs on the reapers scythe) remember that one, it was as good as anything I’ve ever read here, cheers David
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Christopher Flaherty
Date: 9/6/2023 3:26:00 PM
Thank you thank you thank you David Sir Once again it is like you always do Get it / me from the very outset Immortally one can dream can't we Splitting hairs most probably Thanks as always Sir Cheers kind regards Chris

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