THE DEAD POETS LIST
In my lifetime I’ve probably written over a hundred trillion words.
But I’d die for just one more cigarette.
When the curtain falls, when the moment ceases
To be.
Sinatra said it best.
“That’s Life”
To go out with a bang
Not that stupid whimper
And leave something for them to chew on
Let them talk about you,
At your best & at your worst
Hopefully
They will remember you
Hopefully
They will read
Those hundred
Trillion words
That you left behind
Smile
Ponder
& Laugh
There’s not much more
Than that
That you could
Ever pray or ask for
Because
The end is
Just that
The end
The end of
The story
The end of it all
Where
The protagonist
Sacrifices his soul
For the greater good
The greater
Something
No matter
What it is
Was
It is fit
Thanks
For the
Scotch
R.M. Engelhardt is an American poet, writer & author whose work over the last some 30 years has been published in a wide number of poetry journals and zines. He currently lives & writes in Upstate NY and is the Editor of the Indie Poetry Press Dead Man’s Press Ink. His new book “The Dying Time Poems By R.M. Engelhardt” (2026) is now available on Amazon.
