Whoa!
I:
I just this moment weigh
About five and a half pounds
My skin, my flesh, my organs!
Have been vaporized,
Rendered unto the void that is the tomorrow
Where all the dead go,
Feeling naught but the sweet pleasures
The living desperately throw
Ah, chalk-white splinters
Of bones that once stroked beautiful cheeks,
Masticated on tender ribs for weeks,
Clog the oven's traps,--
Do I live in your memories, do they lapse?
I no longer know, no longer care...
I will be the air
That lungs that never knew me
Smell:
Gases of the words I used to say
Fuel a mule's bray
(Sounds rather like when Christians pray)--
For lesser souls this would be Hell
I rhymed in my spare time,
For rhymin's no crime
In this nothingness so sublime
This skull, once full of purpose,
Becomes the ash
That irritates living lungs
As they toss my remains into the wind
And... and... and! fuck it, let's go bowling
You're right, there is an unspoken message here:
Savor the flavor of an erstwhile tear.
Author notes
Inspired by two of your prompts: The 'New Hyde Park' one and, obviously, the 'Dignity Funeral Home and Cremation' one.
Please, enjoy!
And good luck to the other entrants! 
A contest entry
- notes from a bus ride by Suzanne Dia.
4375 points, ended March 11, 9 entries
Bronze trophy winner
• next poem in this contest, remove from contest
What is the crazy?
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Dope
Rhymin's no crime! That's for sure.
This actually made me chuckle. I'm not sure of the intent but that was the result. Christian's pray = mule's bray also rather humorous.
I hope to read more from you soon. Well done!
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you
dude
mind if I do a j?
I'm glad you entered, I don't see nearly enough new writing from you.
oh, right
it rhymes
and it doesn't suck!
anyway thanks for entering, gio
always nice to see your name in my contest. -
I love love this. The images you use are so vivid I can see them happening in my head.
Love the Big Lebowski reference, by the way ;D
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great work, i liek the way you combined the two prompts it really worked out well, is this just free verse or something more? best of luck in the contest
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very interesting.
some of the lines i found hard to follow, not the flow, that was great. it was the placing of some of the words that threw me off.
this one line i found the most beautiful.
"Ah, chalk-white splinters
Of bones that once stroked beautiful cheeks,
Masticated on tender ribs for weeks"
love that one.
great write and good luck.
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