Monday, June 24, 2024

the reading of the will

we all
at some point sit down with
reality,
and ask ourselves,
who gets it all
when I'm gone.
the wayward child?
estranged and far
away
in body and soul.
a friend,
a lover,
a sibling?
who gets the house,
the cars,
the books and clothes.
who comes
and claims it for themselves?
or do you give
it all to charity,
an orphanage perhaps,
or invent a scholarship
for worthy
students,
attempting to reveal
the world
in poetry and prose?
maybe
a stranger, someone you don't
yet know.

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