Another interesting way to die that I'll never experience

Thinking about being beheaded
on the top step of Coba temple,
a cab unhitched from its trailer,
relieved of my freight, dropping
a hundred and sixty epiphanies,
one for each step: at last, I get you,
Jackson Pollock, pissing blood
in cartwheels, spinning past
the lazy sods who stop half-way
for a sneaky chuff, (Ta-ra losers!
See you never!
) pinballing off statues
of eagle-headed Lords of Maize,
yelling: Fear not, dear Gods,
although your empire stands to fall,
your calendar remains a bestseller.

Then on, gathering speed,
centrifugal, grinning sweetly,
it’s the world that spins, not me!
I prepare to meet my stack:
the heads of bad sports, bad poets,
the heads of the purest children,
all smiling up, I am coming
my heart, I have so much news.

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Comments

chuck | November 26, 2008 - 13:26

Love it. I was right there bouncing down the steps.

Passed or past?

lenchenelf | November 26, 2008 - 15:11

Still chortling, "at last, I get you Jackson Pollock"
interesting and darkly humourous. Thanks for sharing it

purlock | November 26, 2008 - 18:13

I like 'at last'. Nice key change. It's the little things &c.

spack | November 27, 2008 - 10:19

Thanks purlock, elf and chuck, for the feedback.

Joe