Monday, October 18, 2021

Earth to Earth



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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:

Arcadia Maria said...

Great poem with a thought provoking question at the end.

K.Hartless said...

True, and a reminder of where it goes both the cash and these shells we're in.

robkistner said...

I have always envisioned a DIY cremation kit — then we can be used to fertilize the houseplants… 😏

JadeLi said...

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.

sarah said...

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?

ben Alexander said...

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

Merril D. Smith said...

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.

Ingrid said...

Good question, Glenn! Perhaps in what we leave behind?

Kerfe said...

Does it matter I wonder? When we spread our thoughts with the ashes, that's what counts I think.

lynn__ said...

It's probably a moot point but your question made me smile, Glenn.

brudberg said...

I think you have to trust that it's the right ash.. but does it really matter?

Sanaa Rizvi said...

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 💝💝

Dora said...

LOL. Does the cash equal the ash? I feel like there's a grand philosophical question buried in here.
pax,
dora