Evolution

16 December 2012

 

Evolution

 

Why cannot death be like a light switched off

“Click” and the room, the hall, the world is dark

And colors, shapes, and individuals

Bereft of contours cannot be distinguished.

This is the price we pay for evolution.

Assets

20 Dec. 12

If I were to list my assets

As befits a man of means.

I would check my latest statements,

Bank accounts and cash and deeds.

Own Death

1 December 2012

As far as myself is concerned

My death is my own.

It need not be planned, corrected, approved

By thunderous counsel

Or by insistent and constant

Muttered maternal advice. 

If I am Standing

8 December 2012

If I am standing, I will fall;

If I am sitting, I will slump; 

But if I am in bed,