Thursday, October 31, 2019

the last laugh

we put a message
in a bottle and tossed it out
into the sea
after she died.
each writing a personal
note to the deceased.
the waves
brought the bottle back in.
we tried again.
no luck.
I swam out up to my neck
and heaved it
from there.
again, the tide washed
it ashore.
so we gave up. she had
the last laugh
but would have loved
the effort and sentiment.

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