drag me to the far woods
to stink and molder alone
and feed the birds and beasts
as worms consume the leavings
mushrooms perhaps will grow
if someday a trekking hunter
spies two silver screws -
they're from an operation
to repair a splintered tibia
was it worth the bicycle stunt
in nineteen fifty-three?
that's debatable - on ice
in time one may be ready
[as death is a part of life]
to bequeath in grace and dignity
the final sharing of self
my thanks for having been
these atoms I hereby leave -
forms of life to begin... yet again
llp - aug2010 - dA
DD - jan14/2019