Most of this is good but I dont like the ending gary - you dont know whether
you are supposed to laugh or not ta the ending!
bw
SallyE

on 18/1/04 2:41 am, Gary Blankenship at [log in to unmask] wrote:

> Vital Statistics
> 
> My birth was recorded
> in pencil on the bottom of a page,
> written upside down
> to keep my entry separate.
> 
> The land does not care
> about the details of my birth,
> whether I walk gravel roads,
> through new plowed fields,
> hoe in hand;
> whether marsh squishes between my toes,
> clear ground beyond.
> 
> Water, forgetful, does not care.
> 
> Air surrounds me
> as if I'm chained and shackled,
> a prison with no escape but one;
> 
> but air cares no more
> for the details of my birth
> than the land or water.
> 
> My passing may be written
> in the way of an ordinary death,
> or pass unnoticed,
> the binding cut so clean
> no vibration singles I've departed.
> 
> The land may notice for less time
> than it takes for a virus to sneeze.
> 
> Water, without memory, will find me
> and assist worms in their work.
> And air?
> Air will not care,
> at least not after the smell
> has dissipated.
> 
> 
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