Dogs 2019


UNTIMELY DEATHS
(7/28/19)
we age
the music
slows
we understand
that the skull
in the box
may
pop up
at any
moment
of course
the same
was true
during the frenetic
deafening
cacophony
of youth
we never
know
when our time
may come
we prepare
spiritually
but the
bodily
concerns
us
to die
while driving
while shopping
for groceries
while sitting
on the toilet
all seems
so inconvenient
so messy
I would
like to be
showered
shaved
dressed
in clean
clothes
maybe
a cup
of coffee
first
just like
being ready
for another
day
at work
take me
then
but please
make my apologies
at the staff
meeting