Sunday, 22 January 2012

Absent Friends




The things they say about you

are true:

blitzed by breakfast,

appearing half-naked

with only one shoe.



What happened at dinner

remains a blur,

though, scanning the suspects,

it’s most what you fear.



Reaching for that drink,

adjusting your smile,

tell us life is worth it,

if only for a while.



We wouldn’t have known

you had a soul,

if you hadn’t tripped over

and landed in hell.



The peace of the cemetery

has a dubious charm,

for those whose lifestyle

gives cause for alarm.



A future in exile,

is how it all ends:

adrift in eternity,

toasting absent friends.

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