The Last Laugh

Love laughs at life,
Scorns the scourging whip of years,
Dulls life’s sawing knife
And watersheds its tears.

Love smiles at death,
Soul withstanding soil,
Heaped upon the flesh whose breath
Expires. Love’s Death’s foil.
Copyright © | Year Posted 2009

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July 12, 2009 at 5:05 PM
Excellent life poem... so much information in so little....EXCELLENT....JP
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