Vox Populi
A curated webspace for Poetry, Politics, and Nature with over 20,000 daily subscribers and over 8,000 archived posts.
Elizabeth Romero: The Next Big Thing
I must admit
I look forward to it
The way one might look forward
To a trip to Europe
Or a Mediterranean cruise.
Like anybody I’d like to avoid
A loss of dignity, talking ragtime
Shitting my pants.
So I hope it will be quick:
Climb on the train,
Board the plane,
Walk up the gangplank.
Outta here.
Then what? That’s the big question.
Human, bird, butterfly or tree?
*
The day I die
There’ll be a scandal
Involving sex and a politician.
A skirmish in a foreign land.
In other words
An ordinary day.
A burst bubble.
A fallen leaf.
A newspaper left behind in the subway.
*
Oh, beautiful death from the sky!
Please, do not strike me
Or my dark tree.
Copyright 2022 Elizabeth Romero
Discover more from Vox Populi
Subscribe to get the latest posts sent to your email.
The question that never stops but we keep breathing, so another day……
LikeLike
Yes, the big question.
LikeLike
I love this. With the chemo, there thoughts come up. Not morbid, just wondering about next steps
LikeLike