13 January 2013

Death Plays

 
They live for “Sudden
Death” playoffs in sports, games and
television shows—

Reinvent Gothic
death fantasies for costume
balls with pale faces—

Spurn death from Goth Clubs
and Playoffs when it’s too real
and uninvited.
 
 
 
 
Posted for Haiku Heights #204 - Death.  And again for "Sunday, January 20, 2013 Poetry Pantry - #133.
 
 
 
Copyright © 2013 S.L.Chast


 


12 comments:

  1. Gothic feeling indeed only made real and present. Nicely, Susan!

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  2. Ah to be young again when death didn't exist......I recall those days. We were invincible!

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  3. ha...i was rather an original goth...before it was called goth...all black...and before vampires became commercialized...named the cat i dissected in anatomy htaed...yes i was a troubled youth...hehe...there were some fun football games this weekend as well..smiles.

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  4. A lighthearted look at death!

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  5. Interesting subject... I wonder about those Gothic games... ;-)
    Eliz

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  6. I like your take on the prompt word. Nicely done.

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  7. I am not familiar with these Gothic games.

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  8. Shocking, powerful, scary. Good advice, "Spurn death from Goth Clubs..."

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  9. Too real, indeed! Do you suppose "they" (read. "we") think that by playing at death, we can take away it's mystery?

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  10. spurning death- yes, a fabulous irony!
    (looks like I got here just in time - before this post is killed off too!)

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