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

3 comments on “Elizabeth Romero: The Next Big Thing”

1. daninmaya

   November 17, 2022

   

   The question that never stops but we keep breathing, so another day……

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   • Vox Populi

     November 17, 2022

     

     Yes, the big question.

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2. Barbara Huntington

   November 16, 2022

   

   I love this. With the chemo, there thoughts come up. Not morbid, just wondering about next steps

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