Poem: Sharing Bandwidth With Emily D.
An Open Invitation…
Poet at ninety
beset by Endless peril
Falling Cancer Blood …
OK, not strictly
“Endless”— more like the reverse —
Ever Impending
… Pressure Brain Lung Gut
Forced-choice lottery, minus
a golden ticket
As Ends multiply,
Means recede — Will there be Breath
for a final Draw?
If I shake my head
won’t it signal — Self-Pity?
No Yes Yes, it won’t
Demand clarity
Accept ambiguity
A choice that’s no choice
Nothing moves without
Fear — a lesson lovers learn
to scorn. And embrace
I keep forgetting
I’m dying. Stay close. Wish me
a Happy Ending
Once upon a Time
I never dreamed of living
a Lie-Free life
In Death-haunted verse
you kept green your Vow — Tell all
the truth but tell it
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