Missa pro defunctis (Mass for the Dead)

By midnights voice

Missa pro defunctis (Mass for the Dead)



First there was Keith

Every morning he took a pill to wake up

Every evening he took the same pill to go to sleep

He went back to North Carolina

Got a brain tumor and died


Then Steve , whom I accused

of breaking into my apartment

went to Houston

Where he reported a disturbance

and the police came and gunned him down


Tommy , who was Keith's shadow

got sick and died

To this day I think it was aids


Mary , poor Mary ,

took someone home

who tied her to the refrigerator

and slit her throat


Tim was ratted on by a narc

and spent three years in jail

for selling a joint

He subleased my apartment

when I got married

Then he died six months later

from a heart attack

It kinda ran in his family


Now it's time for the

Requiem of Dead Souls

I put on some Black Sabbath

and play it loud

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Published on Thursday, July 13, 2017.     Filed under: "Graphic Art"
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  • Arwen On Friday, July 14, 2017, Arwen (187)By person wrote:

    I sense a profound loneliness in this poem that I can truly relate to.

  • midnights voice On Friday, July 14, 2017, midnights voice (971)By person wrote:

    Yes when you lose those around you it is a lonely feeling . Thank you again Wednesday Addams .

  • Drea On Thursday, July 13, 2017, Drea (1443)By person wrote:

    Those last few lines hit this whole thing home. This was somber.

  • midnights voice On Friday, July 14, 2017, midnights voice (971)By person wrote:

    Yes I guses everyone has their own way of dealing with loss of friends and love ones . Thank you Drea for reading .

  • worm On Thursday, July 13, 2017, worm (1194)By person wrote:

    War Pigs... that song always made too much sense... MV, the older we get, the more we learn that surviving is just a celestial crap shoot... with snake eyes coming up all too often... well penned! ~worm~

  • midnights voice On Thursday, July 13, 2017, midnights voice (971)By person wrote:

    Thank you worm for reading .

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