Losing Heaven

When heaven's been discarded
and our dreams are lost forever,
then we will wail o'er our 
misspent fortune-- our small
time in history, soon to be 
forgotten by twittering birds
and grossly fat narcissists.
Copyright © | Year Posted 2014

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Marcum Wong Avatar
March 13, 2019 at 9:39 AM
Your last line is classic L.J.! Very clever indeed. Congratulations on your win! : )
Carber Avatar
March 13, 2019 at 9:58 AM
Thanks Connie-- much appreciated (especially as this is the 1st comment in 5 years for this poem!!!)
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