Afterlife

I think too much
usually about death
I can't help it
maybe I have a disease
I wonder what they call someone who is obsessed with death?
"miserable" probably
but I'm not
I'm curious
I just think it would be really funny
if being dead
was a lot more fun than being alive

what if when you are dead you aren't dead at all
what if you turn into a tree
or part of the ocean
or a stone in a wall in gloucester?
and what if all the effort you put in now just to get by
is all for nothing?

when i die I fancy being a paving stone
risen slightly above the rest
so I can spend all my days tripping up unsuspecting members of the public.

that would make this all worthwhile

ae
Jun 2003