<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=527828" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>Is Dead</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">Is dead. <br>That’s the part <br>you heard, <br>those words <br>through the gap <br>between door <br>and frame. </div><div style="margin:10px 0">Who’s dead? <br>or what? <br>the dog? <br>Uncle, Auntie, <br>Grandfather? <br>The old biddy next door <br>whose nose <br>spied through curtains? </div><div style="margin:10px 0">Curiosity <br>like some virus <br>bit into you, <br>and your ears <br>lingered by the gap, <br>your eyes peered <br>at the adults talking, <br>lip reading unsuccessfully. </div><div style="margin:10px 0">You torn <br>between the call <br>of nature (to piss) <br>and the needing <br>to know unfolding <br>of who had died. </div><div style="margin:10px 0">Shame, <br>he was much loved, <br>the voices continued, <br>the ears flapping <br>for further news, <br>standing on tiptoe, <br>the bladder filling <br>to busting. </div><div style="margin:10px 0">The King is dead, <br>long live the Queen, <br>Grandmother said, <br>circa 1952, <br>and you giving in <br>to nature’s call, <br>walked off satisfied <br>along the dark hall.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Terry+Collett">Terry Collett</a><div class=q> <img src="https://www.citatepedia.ro/g/32share.png" style="float:left" alt="Share"> <script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=citatepedia" async="async"></script><div style="display:inline-block" class="addthis_sharing_toolbox" data-url="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=527828" data-title="Is Dead de Terry Collett" data-description="Is dead. That’s the part you heard, those words through the gap between door and frame. Who’s dead? or what? the dog? Uncle, Auntie, Grandfather? The old biddy next door whose nose spied through curtains? Curiosity like some ..."></div> </div> </div>

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