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Benignity

Copyright © 2009 Ernest Bloom.


Look up for my kite, or I'm
swinging on that Gate.
When I'm in Heaven I trust
they'll let me be eight.

3 comments:

  1. I'm sure you'll be able to return to whatever age you want to if you choose to live in your 'human form' in Heaven.

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  2. The sort of concise, rhymed form reminds me of nursery rhymes which makes the whole piece more child-like and really fits the theme. I don't know. Developing, maturing all life and then bam, you are 8 years old? Seems like taking the effort you've accumulated through years and flushing it down the toilet. Adulthood is fine so long as you take away heart attack hazards.

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  3. ah, louis, you demonstrate my
    point; but then, look how young
    you are. i kinda think i might
    have been happiest when i was
    about ten, to tell you the
    truth. well, you can't be
    persuaded of this now and
    rightly so, so we'll just let
    this stand.

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