The funeral procession that blocks my line of traffic
on a sunday morning is easy to dismiss
until i start thinking,
maybe it’s you they’re carrying
I live right by an Irish funeral home
I see people dressed in black
coming out of it on occasion
and I look to see
if they’re your friends
I look for any spark
of recognition
How long has it been
i wonder
since you were dead to me
i do the math
that part is easy
but then i get to wondering
how happy or sad
it would make me
and the line of traffic
might as well be on a weekday
for how much it disrupts me
Georgia Park is the creator of Private Bad Thoughts, curator of Whisper and the Roar a feminist literary collective, and a writer for Sudden Denouement. She is a wonderful poet with an enormous heart. We can’t imagine this journey without her. Please check out more of her wonderful work.
Love this!
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One should be lucky to see one’s own funeral and this will be the best epitaph of all time 👏👏👍
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You cut open this old wound with the precision of a surgeon. Sharp as a scalpel.
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Reblogged this on Brave & Reckless and commented:
Georgia Park worries an old wound on Sudden Denouement
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Reblogged this on RamJet Poetry.
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Stirring!!
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Wow! Breathtaking! A pleasure to read you.
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I would describe your username alone in the same way! Thanks, MurderTrampBirthday!
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Ahww! ;3 Wish I could take credit for it but to be honest I snatched it from my favorite band. Gonna have to let it go if I ever become a professional. Thanks, though! Look forward to reading more from you!
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Still good on you for selecting it-whenever a woman wears the label “tramp” proudly, then I know she is my sister lol
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Aaaha, damn right! ;D
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Reblogged this on erichmichaels and commented:
This is how I Think of you now by Georgia Park at Sudden Denouement. Georgia pulls no punches!
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You can only say I pull no punches until I haul back and hit someone. Thank you! ❤
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Give me a heads up if you feel a swing coming on, then. 😊❤️
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This is incredible…
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wow GG I love this.
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