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Another Curious Thing About Death
“A poet’s
autobiography is his poetry”
-Yevtushenko, who
took care to write his autobiography anyway
A curious thing about death – after you die
When you are the deceased, the dear departed
Your loved ones will burrow through your bits and bobs
And tell each other funny stories about you
Your childhood Peter Pan book, your pocketknife
Will be computer-searched for their market value
The rest – like your souvenir Buddha from Kamakura -
Will be tagged for a garage sale next Saturday
And that’s okay, for you, washed free of death and sin
Will be flying past that Second Star by then
