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CERTAIN OF IT

CERTAIN OF IT

was talking about death

and
   death talked back
spoke
out of turn

        whispered and
shouted

no hooded Bergman Bill
and Ted Last
Action Hero
           chess twister figure
standing
before me
     to attach to this voice

no death companion or
compadre with
him
   either

not a soul crossing back
with iconic death mark

to
  proclaim death
as abstract concept or
             physicality reality

I looked for death but
          death was done
and
   dusted

done and gone

pretty certain though
he had made a call

SWEET

SWEET

good day
to die

day to die
with whipped cream
and sweet
   red cherry on
the top

and perfect cherry blossoms
for you too
   my lords Oda and Katsimoto
you see them
from our world of pain
as seppuku
takes you
     across the river
through the veil

and extra scoop
of fudge ice cream for all
who turned up
for the wake

sweet fudge caramel
ice cream

cold as a glacier
        have to
stall
   here at this place
this moment

as words
freeze

JUST MAYBE

JUST MAYBE

maybe
if was just
bad juju

maybe you ran
into an electronic storm

your SUV cartwheeling
from zero to eighty
in two
     point seconds

one day
we should sit down
put our
   heads together
talk
   about it

that is if the Fates
let you live
your soul
      neither ascending
or descending
to
place of absolute rest
in a mind-
blowing shower

of hideous,
deadly,
fundamental sparks