Death Account Poems

before life begins
we accrue fictional sins
so guilt always wins
lest any deem themselves free
to alter reality

dollars and distance
do not measure existence
despite persistence
constant debt all but assured
within...

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if it wasn't for the fact I would be dead
in less than a minute, I would always be in awe
at the sight of a thousand...

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The funding of wisdom,  
 bankrolling death

Thoughts to withdraw
from a ledger unspent

Refinancing life,
 true folly indeed

With memory cashed in
—eternity free

(Villanova Pennsylvania: October, 2020)...

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A pandemic common occurrence:
Losing one's job and health insurance!
The hospital count*
Continues to mount
Morticians wonder who is the dunce?

* People without an income nor
health insurance die...

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The Karmic account doesn't stop at death.
It continues life after life.  
At Death, the Body Dies but ME (Mind + Ego)   ...

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His life's bank account 

Soon runs out of tomorrows 

Orphan yesterdays!



A new life account

His soul will open at once

Infinite limit! 







© Demetrios Trifiatis
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Life blooms from a flower
Like a book flipping open
Spilling sunflowers and roses
On memories in deep oceans.

Fires rage and blood red burns
Endless fields and inchoate urns
Unformed...

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Time is money
As he locked the door, a palm came open
waiting for dues to be paid.
How many hours, days, weeks can you pay your wage?
So...

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