Old, yella bent-tail
dog on a dirt-clay road asleep,
took a bumper…bad!
Tiger was a Ladies man:
I’d see him all hours ‘cross town!
Category: Death
“No Known Cure”
Most invidious
cause of death now is proven:
Animate? You die!
“True Believer” Tanka 210
My older brother
is prescient – easily:
“Our turn next,” he said
after dad turned in his chips –
Glenn’s smile seemed to me hungry!
“Feed My Friends”
Dying all alone
in the deepest woods or swamp:
give back to the beasts!
“Next-Death Rehersal” Tanka 134
rehearsing next death
like seasoning a nice roast:
better with practice!
recognizing entropy
for a warm, smart caring friend!
“Next-Death Rehersal”
rehearsing next death
like seasoning a nice roast:
better with practice!
“First Gone, Last Laugh”
I do know that that
smile knowing just everything
stayed when Sally left.
“‘We’re Next’, he said”
Even before Dad
left Earth, eldest brother, Glenn,
looked at me…”Us, next!”
“Just No Stopping ‘The Dead'”
Dead eyes, untired, see
far forevers more than thought
would allow living.
“Five Lots of Decay” Tanka 101
such a sad house here
prostitutes and drugs often
obscure the madness
unlovely drunk dies before
though the strawberry patch first
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