A Timely Question
“Have you thought about how long you’d like to inhabit
your current body?” ~ Jaime Mathis, February 10, 2016
How long should I aspire to stay in this
Old revenant–like form? It hasn’t had
Rejuvenation vampires, cannot kiss
Its way through fangs to youth, but sagging, sad,
And slowly doomed my only hope lies in
Embalming of a living sort. Perhaps
Injections just beneath the skin would spin
Out brief salvation. Hindus would collapse
Me to Nirvana on lit Ganges pyres.
The Buddha wants me to ignore the sags
In skin and muscles and renounce desires.
He says my body and my flaws are rags
And I should loose them calmly like God’s breath
Through cherry blossoms. Forget about death.
