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At the end

When this life has ended

And the pain has left this shell

When nothing else can harm me

You will know that all is well

Though I’ll be gone forever

I can never more be hurt

Chuck me in a coffin

And bury me in dirt

© John W Fenn 06-12-2009

— shazbat, Dec 07, 2009

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Region, Country: Norfolk, UK, GBR

Favorite Poets: Kipling, T.S Eliot, Hilaire Belloc, Ogden Nash, Spike Milligan and many more.

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Seren

Seren

16 years 6 months ago

Dear John

I really liked this one bravo ... :) and I had to smile at the end lines my grandpa used to say something similiar ... love Jayne