Happy snap day...
Day 15: This challenge we had to take a title of a poem and change it and
then write either in their style or your own. I did a variation of "The
Last Night She Lived" by Emily Dickenson
The First Night That She Died
The first night that she died,
we wailed at the loss, tears turned
to hollers and yells and shouts
until her eyes opened and she demanded
her last supper : thick steak,
thicker gravy, grits and greens.
We let her suck on chipped ice,
stroked her hair and waited.
The second night that she died,
we sniffed at her passing, damp eyes
turned to moans, whimpers and sighs
until her lungs rose and she screamed
for last dinner rites : peachy-plummy
pies and giant meatballed spaghetti.
We gave her soup through a straw,
patted her head and went to bed.
The third night that she died,
we flipped through magazines,
heard the clock tick slow
until she sat up and whispered:
Dinner please. And so we mustered
up some sliced ham, mash and a crusty roll.
She ate it with relish, licked her
plate goodbye, and finally fell asleep.
Day 14: This was either a love or un-love poem but I think it may be a bit
of both J
My love
It eats at you,
a pate of liver
and heart and flesh
until your bones
glean through gashes
and bleach in the sun
as the rest of you forgets
you're something,
until you're gone.
Day 13: This one was a hobby or someone else's hobby...though mine is more
about a lack of one.
Death takes a Hobby
Consumed by
dreams of watercolours,
political sculpturing,
puppets, masks, Peruvian flutes
and painted furniture,
my fancy passes
and comes to die in storage boxes
the clock never granting
the right amount of time
A fine balance of tea, pillows,
closed eyes, bank books
unbalanced.
Heather Taylor
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