Stark Hunter Poet Epitaph

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Poem 26

From an anthology of extended epitaphs entitled Voices From Mt. Olive Cemetery, a work in progress.

 

Louise Myers 1896-1917

Louise Myers

1896-1917

They shot the Archduke,

And my eyes closed in disbelief;

They sank the Lusitania, 

And my heart palpitated.

My friend, this world reels and tumbles and faints,

Lost in endless crises and disasters;

Aghast at the senseless violence and mayhem.

The War To End War commenced,

As I terminated this futile existence,

With a loud curse and a silent prayer;

This leaping lunge into the death ditch!

Once, I secretly applied lipstick,

Unbeknownst to my firm-minded father,

And joyously kissed myself in the mirror.

Oh Narcissus,

Be my lover now!

For the world reels and stumbles and disintegrates,

And I have made this last leaping lunge,

This hysterical thoughtless leaping lunge,

Down, down into the deep death ditch!

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