Post Mortem Note To Mr Eliot

post-mortem note to mr. eliot

dearest thomas,
having lived long enough to see the
a-bomb drop, one wonders if you had
rethought your infamous ending 
to “The Hollow Men,”
for most certainly
the world will not go with a 
whimper,
we would be so lucky
to be rolled up in the fetus position
down deep in a shadowy corner,
to wither away “whimpering” 
a slow & silent 
personal demise,
each one of us---
however,
as things look,
the a-bomb will appear a walk in the
park, compared to what we have 
coming---
the only justice is that it’s exactly
what we all
deserve.
Copyright © | Year Posted 2012

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