It's just poetry, it won't bite

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02.06.19 Posted in today's words by

Josh Dale’s most recent poem to appear here was “I Wrote My To-Do List Next to My Suicide Note” (September 2018).

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By Josh Dale

A tree fell on my car today
killing me instantly.
A mile away, a man photographed
the lightning strike that hit the oak.
Published it nationwide,
spun an agenda,
won an award,
whatever.

Does he know how immortal I’ve become
in a closed casket royalty check?
You know, the envelopes with the little window?
I’m in there somewhere, looking.
Maybe even
my ashes are in the fibers.



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