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November 29, 2019, 08:23
bethree5
Poetic Parody
I love a parody, especially on beloved poems that don’t deserve it.
Here’s my take on “I heard a fly buzz – when I died – (591) by Emily Dickinson.

I heard an Heir buzz – when I died
The Stillness in the Room
Was just the Silence of the Heirs
Observing Proper Form -

No-love-lost-Eyes remained bone-dry
And bated Breaths held firm
For that last onset when the Doc
Sign witness – in the Room -

I willed my Keepsakes– Signed away
What portion of me be
Assignable - to my dog Fuzz
And then arose a Sigh –

A Blue-uncertain-stumbling Buzz -
And dry Eyes lost all Guile
And then I took my last breath, then -
I could not help but Smile.
November 29, 2019, 15:39
Geoff
Smile Smile
December 10, 2019, 19:34
Kalleh
I wonder if you were thinking of Sattva with this one.
September 07, 2021, 20:18
shufitz
A parody of Invictus:

September 08, 2021, 08:51
Geoff
Sounds like Jane Fondle forty years ago.
September 09, 2021, 19:22
Kalleh
I learned a new word: "actorine." Female actor, according to Lexico.