Kit Kelen #1388 - a glance over where the shoulder was

1388

a glance over where the shoulder was

(meditation on having once been a corpse)

one day

you won’t have a nose

mouth eyes ears

could say you’ll be short of distractions

but not much on main event either

‘inattentive, uninventive

what’s this one done lately?’

that’s what the report card says

none of those swell-up-for-fun

lovely moist bits

enjoy them while they last

there’ll be teeth still

but they won’t be yours

never made the history books

no need to check dental records

remember all that

’you’ll grow out of it’

of course they were right

but where are they now?

will a kiss still linger?

it’s mho gong Jesu in Cantonese

the ache will be gone

but there’ll still be the bone

I’d like to think I could be found just by luck

pleasant surprise in what was my garden

putting the new spuds in

when I say ‘me’

I mean

trust me

when you get there

you won’t feel a thing

this is more than a hunch

no one can count the moments till then

but it won’t be long to wait

meanwhile

maybe watch less Nordic noir

before I go to bed?