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Dear Mr. Corpse,

August 11, 2013
By PirateCountry DIAMOND, Muncie, Indiana
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How do you lie so still and silent?
How can you bare the boredom, sir?
Your skin is turning to earthy dirt
And your bones are ghostly pale
You smile eternally
Though in your grave you lie
Your hands feel like ice
Your hair has fallen out
Your joints are worn and rusty
And your eyes have completely melted
But somehow you’ve managed to keep your teeth
Your skull is a home for rats and worms
You smell like death, I’m sorry to say
And your tombstone is crumbling
One day you’ll be nothing but dust
And I will lie rotting beside you

© Chris C., Pequannock, NJ

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PirateCountry DIAMOND said...
on Apr. 15 2014 at 9:23 am
PirateCountry DIAMOND, Muncie, Indiana
91 articles 18 photos 330 comments

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Quick note: instead of "bear" I wrote "bare". Sorry!
PirateCountry DIAMOND said...
on Aug. 25 2013 at 1:15 pm
PirateCountry DIAMOND, Muncie, Indiana
91 articles 18 photos 330 comments

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A little bit morbid...but yes. Zat vould be awesome!
nelehjr DIAMOND said...
on Aug. 24 2013 at 6:31 pm
nelehjr DIAMOND, Lingle, Wyoming
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Ermagerd! Zat vould be AWESOME!!! :D
PirateCountry DIAMOND said...
on Aug. 24 2013 at 10:20 am
PirateCountry DIAMOND, Muncie, Indiana
91 articles 18 photos 330 comments

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"I don't know half of you half as well as I should like and I like less than half of you half as well as you deserve."

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Or I could write each of my friends a letter before I die telling them to GO ON AN ADVENTURE WITH MY ASHES XD
nelehjr DIAMOND said...
on Aug. 23 2013 at 9:37 pm
nelehjr DIAMOND, Lingle, Wyoming
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But how?! You'll be dead...You should get your freinds to do that for you! :D Unless it's like the end of Pan's Labrythn. Great movie.
PirateCountry DIAMOND said...
on Aug. 23 2013 at 4:12 pm
PirateCountry DIAMOND, Muncie, Indiana
91 articles 18 photos 330 comments

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"I don't know half of you half as well as I should like and I like less than half of you half as well as you deserve."

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XD YEAH! I shall do that!
nelehjr DIAMOND said...
on Aug. 22 2013 at 8:02 pm
nelehjr DIAMOND, Lingle, Wyoming
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Spread your ashes across ALL the imaginary plains! :D
PirateCountry DIAMOND said...
on Aug. 20 2013 at 6:34 pm
PirateCountry DIAMOND, Muncie, Indiana
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Frightening, you say? Thank you for the compliment! I didn't mean to scare my readers. I was just being honest with the sacks of bones lying under years of dirt :) I WANNA BE BURIED IN NARNIA...NO, HOGWARTS...NO...MIDDLE EARTH!
nelehjr DIAMOND said...
on Aug. 19 2013 at 9:48 pm
nelehjr DIAMOND, Lingle, Wyoming
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Well, I'm not going to lie to you that was a wee bit frightening. Nice imagery :)