<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=578520" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>The Subject Of Death</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">The subject of death<br>or standing at night with a lit candle<br>under my chin in front of a mirror</div><div style="margin:10px 0">prevents my humor<br>from spilling.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">The stanza is romantic.<br>Makes me queasy.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">And it's unfair to play<br>with silver dimes</div><div style="margin:10px 0">when the dead<br>can see no more</div><div style="margin:10px 0">nor have the will<br>to lift their lids.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Had they the capability<br>to wink & smoke a lid</div><div style="margin:10px 0">I'm certain muteness<br>would reflect their voice</div><div style="margin:10px 0">and their hallucinations<br>would be Dostoievski's.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">~~~<br>Alex Nodopaka May©2012</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Alex+Nodopaka">Alex Nodopaka</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=578520" data-title="The Subject Of Death de Alex Nodopaka" data-description="The subject of death or standing at night with a lit candle under my chin in front of a mirror prevents my humor from spilling. The stanza is romantic. Makes me queasy. And it's unfair to play with silver dimes when the dead can see no more n..."></div> </div> </div>

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