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Tuesday, March 15, 2016

Pierced By A Death Comments

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lives must end in sharpened phrases
so I will write them for the funeral
another borrowed life, a death
I see the poison tearful waters
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Barry Middleton

loss funeral

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Sofia Kioroglou 15 March 2016

We must enjoy our going hence even as our coming hither. Ripeness is all! Nice poem!

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Barry Middleton 15 March 2016

Glad you liked it. I would use the word accept, not enjoy. Life is filled with loss. Death is the final loss and so in some ways is a release.

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