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Earth to Earth
“I tell you, the past is just a bucket of ashes.”
--Carl Sandburg.
One day,
sooner
than later,
my meatsuit
will be
burned to ash.
Just
a box
of ashes,
like so much
trash.
I have
the ashes
from
our last
family dog.
But how
do you check
the validity
of the ash,
after spending
the cash?
Glenn Buttkus
Quadrille
Posted over at d'Verse Poet's Pub
13 comments:
Great poem with a thought provoking question at the end.
True, and a reminder of where it goes both the cash and these shells we're in.
I have always envisioned a DIY cremation kit — then we can be used to fertilize the houseplants… 😏
If you know your dog died, it doesn't matter...
I want to go slow,
buried under a tree, not
a flash, turned to ash.
Oh, Glenn, you are so good at bringing things right back down to earth. I like Rob's idea of becoming fertilizer.
Maybe it's time to bury the dog, though?
You can't, but I figure - why would anyone want to keep the body?
-David [ben Alexander]
P.S. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OdtGem1tl0k&ab_channel=NewYorkMagazine
I suppose unless you're there through the process and collection, you can't!
My sister has both my parents' ashes. I don't know where they'll go when she dies.
Good question, Glenn! Perhaps in what we leave behind?
Does it matter I wonder? When we spread our thoughts with the ashes, that's what counts I think.
It's probably a moot point but your question made me smile, Glenn.
I think you have to trust that it's the right ash.. but does it really matter?
This is incredibly poignant, Glenn. I resonate with the idea of becoming ash but perhaps that's the way it's meant to be. Our souls are eternal anyway 💝💝
LOL. Does the cash equal the ash? I feel like there's a grand philosophical question buried in here.
pax,
dora
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