Always invite Death to your table
but never let him choose the meal.
Give him plenty of wine.
He only pretends to keep secrets.
Be sure to listen past the drama.
He will try to make it all about you.
But once it gets late and he stops
spinning tales, once everyone leaves,
he will grow quiet as a lake under the
stars. Look him in the eye then and
he will mirror the Mysteries of Life.
Be kind to him for he is lonely, too,
but never let him stay over. Keep
him warm but call him a cab.
A Question to Walk With: Where are you in your conversation between life and death?
This is from my book of poems, The Half-Life of Angels.
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