What Was Richard Corey Thinking Comments

Great poem! Very good rhythm and rhyme. I, too, am perplexed by so many suicides. I am long past sixty, but my children, grandchildren, and great-grandchildren keep me feeling young. The other day my three-year-old grandson made me burst out laughing when he started to tell me something. He said: " When I was a little kid..." and that was as far as he got before I lost it!

i too almost wish i would die soon; i'm 66. but it is not due to the nasty things around me or even because i don't relish old, old age and the physical and mental frailties which often develop (though those are considerations!) . i feel i've lived a full-enough life, have lived up to whatever responsibilities i've taken on, and that the resources which i use [food, water, electricity, gasoline (though most of my driving is only to satisfy my home boss) , toilet paper, etc.] could be used for someone else who otherwise might not have enough. call me altruistic if you will. but i'm not rushing to suicide just yet for a large-enough number of reasons, one of which i suppose is PH and the friends i have here. what WOULD they do without ME! ! ? as for the skill of the poet here: great lines with great rhyming! to MyPoemList it goes. zooooooooooooooooom! bri :) p.s. Cory?

You've another five to go before you get to my age.