The Writing On Wall Calendar of Eternity
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The Writing on Wall Calendar of Eternity
David J Walker
Do the dearly departed keep track
Of the days since being
Laid away to rest in a grave
Forever?
Are there spirit calendars on Golden walls
Marked with x’s by disembodied fingers
as if they were dying
for a weekend to come?
My father-in-law,
who left just us a week ago
May have run into my father who
Has been gone for 36 years
But I don’t know
why time would mean
a single thing in eternity
It’s not just the bell that tolls
The clock ticks off its tocks
For thee,
And me
Copyright © David Walker | Year Posted 2021
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