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Perhaps you'll visit my grave some day. You might place flowers and sit with my vanishing memory just long enough not to be rude. Maybe you'll remember a good time or a bad time that was all your fault and you'll miss what you had but so cheaply dismissed, or you'll curse your cruelty, the bad time was all your fault. It would be a giggling tearjerker if you recounted some long gone oddity, or poured some cheap coffee, 'Ha ! He hated cheap coffee !' But if we ever acknowledged the animosity you might regret it now. Someone would have to regret it and it couldn't be me, I'd be dead under your feet. And you might still hate me dead as much as you hated me alive, and dead as I may be I may have been angry enough to even be angry now. And it might suit us both just fine. Or maybe I'll be cremated and scattered at sea, it'll be less embarrassing for both of us. 12th July 2018

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Date: 8/23/2020 10:42:00 AM
Excellent piece Lawrence, it is absurd that we will like the dead more than when they lived, or hate them less than when they were alive! Death at least gives both the dead and the living a pause to let the nonsense go. Very much enjoyed this. Thanks for sharing. e
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Lawrence Sharp
Date: 8/24/2020 12:09:00 AM
Thanks for visiting this one, Eric. Keen perceptions.
Date: 5/22/2019 8:11:00 PM
I was enraptured by the tangle of emotions expressed in your deep and dark poem, Lawrence. I loved every line, and especially, your last for a fitting finale. Captivating and intriguing poetry. Warmest wishes always, my friend.. ~Susan
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Date: 5/22/2019 11:37:00 PM
Thank you so much, Susan, I'm really pleased that this one has still drawn the eye so long after it was posted. This is one of the pieces that I value most, so visit and comment months later is really appreciated.
Date: 11/29/2018 11:35:00 PM
Beautifully dark, Lawrence!
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Lawrence Sharp
Date: 11/30/2018 3:41:00 AM
Thanks, James, very high praise coming from a wordsmith of your caliber.
Date: 9/6/2018 8:37:00 AM
I wonder just how many people feel these thoughts, probably many. Excellent write, Lawrence. I wanted to read on. Love this one... Charlie
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Lawrence Sharp
Date: 9/6/2018 9:44:00 AM
Thanks, Charles, very kind words appreciated.
Date: 7/13/2018 7:26:00 AM
Dead, deep, and dark.. yet irrestibly captivating, Lawerence!!
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Lawrence Sharp
Date: 7/13/2018 8:08:00 AM
Thank you LM. High praise coming from you.
Date: 7/13/2018 3:24:00 AM
I love this piece! The last line is really, really (really!) good :)
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Lawrence Sharp
Date: 7/13/2018 3:48:00 AM
Thanks Koria. Yours is powerful stuff.
Date: 7/12/2018 12:35:00 PM
Ah, love it. Pleases my sensibilities. ;) xomo
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Lawrence Sharp
Date: 7/12/2018 11:52:00 PM
Thanks Maureen, appreciation appreciated.

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