Saturday, November 2, 2019

Death on the Rubber

A gravestone can look a lot like a pitching rubber
(only, the roses might impede the stride),
especially when the hole’s just covered over.

Dying’s like going to sea as a landlubber
(on a ship at sea you have no place to hide),
but a gravestone can look a lot like a portal cover

through which Death bounces you like the Son of Flubber,
and where you lie is not where you abide,
even when the hole’s just covered over.

Yes, you’ll crawl in and join your lost true lover,
the one to whom you gave your youthful pride;
but your gravestone feels so much like a pitching rubber

that you find you quite well remember
the fundamentals of keeping it wide or just off the inside
corner (motion well covered).

But I want to see if Death can get it over
the plate from there (I’ll give it a deep ride),
dealing from that marble rubber.
Show me your knock-over!