Title: A satisfied trip

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Poem

Instructions


I’m taking a trip, with stops at zoos, aquariums.
I want to see a polar bear! I’ll take photos of penguins.
And in the travels i have made.
I feel now a profound satisfaction.

 

The life i lead now is the life of death.


And he who, in life, was dearer than death.


And he who’s here has not yet tasted death.


The same scent of roses.... all of this is death.


And you are now the death of death.


None of the above



The death i brought you.


And you are now the death of death.


Then, as if to put death off, he stifles.


Until he wins--nervous prostration and death.


Is a death which one does not see.


None of the above



Death is but the beginning, and life is just its birth.


Death is but a step. each time we take oath we give birth.


Death is as natural as birth.


Death is but the beginning, and we are but its birth.


Death is but a step; and life, but another birth.


None of the above



I am going on a trip.


I’ve planned this trip for months.


I’m taking a trip, with stops at zoos, aquariums.


A quick trip to the woods, and a little sigh.


And on your return, from your business trip.


None of the above



I want to see a polar bear! I’ll take photos of penguins.


I’m taking a ride, on the back of ol’ blue thunder.


And museums, oh my, the museums!


I’m taking a trip, but I don’t know where to go.


I’m going to explore, learn about the animals I love.


None of the above



snow


’ll eat eucalyptus


polar bear


hug


polar bear


None of the above



The polar bear is a prankster.


The polar bear is a savage and cruel beast.


The polar bear is a sacrificial offering.


The polar bear is a savage.


The polar bear is a kingly lord.


None of the above



Then, if one of you returns to tell it, the rest of us join.


Of life that thou impartest to our savage sons.


And i, who never in my life feared beginnings.


The life-preserving balm of silence begins.


And life is a shambles and ludicrous sins.


None of the above



A trip is a long way to go.


A trip is a long way to go on an uncertain road.


This trip is a whirl.


The trip is a dream.


My trip is a whirl.


None of the above



I've sent you a bundle of letters.


The ashes of a cigarette, tins of letters.


I have here my books — lines and letters.


I've written and burned a thousand letters.


None of the above



My travels have taken me to.


In my travels i have met with many people.


In my travels i have met many.


The sands of time were telling their travels.


And in the travels i have made.


None of the above



I tasted death, and knew it to be satisfaction.


“i will have satisfaction in the end.”.


And he to me: “no more satisfaction.


I feel now a profound satisfaction.


And a feeling of sadness and satisfaction.


None of the above



I am the shore extending deep into the ocean.


The shore, we know nothing of the ocean.


I swam in the ocean.


Is swallowing the ocean.


I am the red hot rock turning coal black in the ocean.


None of the above