Twelve Years With Stroke
...For twelve years Edwin had fought stroke
And its drugs made sure he was broke,
Caring wife set to lift the yoke:
Passionate pleas to move a folk,
Rose mentioning his being 'Nice Bloke',
Who coul...
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Categories:
refinancing, care, character, devotion, health,
Form: Rhyme
Account Cleared
...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 Pennsylvani...
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Categories:
refinancing, death, life,
Form: Rhyme
What If
...What if....?
Death was a lottery,
With a Powerball price of a million dollars
Will people still queue up to play?
What if death was a clock, and you had one option
To either fast forward, pa...
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Categories:
refinancing, art, death, extended metaphor,
Form: Prose Poetry