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Jan 16, 2008
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How To Die Gracefully
So good to see so many friends
Rallying around my bed.
Such trouble I must make amends,
It's not like I am Dead!
You there, come forward come here sir,
I don't believe we've met.
I know you'll make this party whir,
Friendly gypsy, I'll bet?
I hope you brought trinkets to show,
Everyone seems so sad.
Any trick shall set them aglow,
Even if they are bad!
Now sir I did not mean offence.
No need to point at me.
I take it back, let's recommence,
the party revelry.
Your fingers are so white, so cold,
I'd dare say they were bone.
I cannot say it, can't be so bold,
Your him, who takes mine own
No! You listen here my good man,
There's been a grave mistake,
Sorry to inconvenience your plan,
I'm not your one to take!
I can't go now, not now, so soon,
It surely is a lie.
I beseech you, please grant me a boon,
I cannot go to die.
...............
A touch, a flash and all is changed.
Now after my farewell
Harem of girls round me arranged,
Yes! My idea of Hell!
Ah well, it seems, I must be dead,
kicked the merry bucket,
And now, if offered my old bed:
I would proclaim, “fuck it!”
— Kieran Nelson, Jan 16, 2008
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purplemoondoll
18 years 4 months ago
I really enjoyed this poem.
Kieran Nelson
18 years 4 months ago
Thanks much, looking back I
pinksheep
18 years 4 months ago
How to die Gracefully
IKnowNoBox
18 years 4 months ago
Haha ah ummmm
Candlewitch
18 years 2 months ago
LOL, And Mr. Death even puts
BareBacker
17 years 9 months ago
Loved the Poem
BareBacker
17 years 7 months ago
message in a bottle