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Zero Carbon Footprint
Heading home
no more use for me here
Sew my eyelids shut
Immolate me to ashes
Or alternately,
if you'd prefer,
buy me some cheap underground real estate.
Or just chop me up and feed me to pigs.
Should cremation
rule the nation,
let me urn my keep
on your mantlepiece
with memories
of my stupid puns
Gotta run
I've run and run and run
Time to stagger past
the universal dateline
and be free
But with my luck,
there will be a seamless transition
to a hell to the millionth power.
no more use for me here
Sew my eyelids shut
Immolate me to ashes
Or alternately,
if you'd prefer,
buy me some cheap underground real estate.
Or just chop me up and feed me to pigs.
Should cremation
rule the nation,
let me urn my keep
on your mantlepiece
with memories
of my stupid puns
Gotta run
I've run and run and run
Time to stagger past
the universal dateline
and be free
But with my luck,
there will be a seamless transition
to a hell to the millionth power.
Author's Note
I'm in a bad mood.
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Re. Zero Carbon Footprint
28th Aug 2024 3:04am
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28th Aug 2024 3:15am
Re. Zero Carbon Footprint
28th Aug 2024 5:32am
Dear PD,
How well this piece defines moments in time and then dawns a new day and things seem to be back in order. I really appreciated your take on these frenzied moments of frustration during a rough day. The energy is raw and felt. I’m sorry it was a rough one, the writing of it was meaningful. H🌷
How well this piece defines moments in time and then dawns a new day and things seem to be back in order. I really appreciated your take on these frenzied moments of frustration during a rough day. The energy is raw and felt. I’m sorry it was a rough one, the writing of it was meaningful. H🌷
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29th Aug 2024 2:54am
Re. Zero Carbon Footprint
28th Aug 2024 5:46am
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28th Aug 2024 6:17am
Well, I'm a teacher so I routinely go many hours without bathroom breaks, but to answer your question, yes. I understand you are saying my self pity is shallow and undeserved, but my mother's impending death is devastating to me, and that's not the only thing in my life that sucks.
Re: Re. Zero Carbon Footprint
28th Aug 2024 6:58am
Okay. I'm just checking on your sense of relative horror, but you got me with the dying momma thing.
That's no fun at all 😔
Persevere.
That's no fun at all 😔
Persevere.
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28th Aug 2024 7:01am
Many of us are dealing with horrors in one form or another, and I feel for all of us.
I appreciate the understanding about my mom.
I appreciate the understanding about my mom.
Re: Re. Zero Carbon Footprint
28th Aug 2024 7:07am
I don't know what to say, other than I hope you have more time with her than I had with mine.
Of course I realize that's not always up to us.
Best of luck to you 🍀
Of course I realize that's not always up to us.
Best of luck to you 🍀
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Re. Zero Carbon Footprint
28th Aug 2024 10:55am
Re: Re. Zero Carbon Footprint
29th Aug 2024 2:53am
Thank you! I added what I thought was a touch of humor ("urning" my keep) but I think it may have gotten buried (pardon the pun).
Re. Zero Carbon Footprint
28th Aug 2024 11:45am
I'm dealing with a great loss right now so I suppose these words of yours resonate with me much more. In reading it, I felt the impending surrender but know that as a teacher you a much tougher that that and you will come out on the other side of this mood of yours. A very open poem and I appreciate you writing it. Thank you.
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29th Aug 2024 2:55am
Re. Zero Carbon Footprint
28th Aug 2024 1:01pm
Re. Zero Carbon Footprint
28th Aug 2024 1:43pm
Sending a support bagel ....
What would you like on it ?
I'm available for grief consultation.
I'm sorry things are crappy right now
Heart ❤
What would you like on it ?
I'm available for grief consultation.
I'm sorry things are crappy right now
Heart ❤
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Re: Re. Zero Carbon Footprint
29th Aug 2024 2:57am
Yay, a support bagel. With a shmear of onion and chive cream cheese please.
I appreciate your kindness. You're awesome.
I appreciate your kindness. You're awesome.