Barfing ghosts, and other poetic wonders
At the funeral home here, we’re printing a memorial program for a man whose family selected a poem with the best stanza ever:
The intelligent and the brave
Open every closet in the future and evict
All the mind’s ghosts who have the bad habit
Of barfing everywhere.
That’s … that’s so beautiful, man.
So … this guy lives in our brains, y’all.
Hollywood Hates Me 
Jamin said,
October 22, 2015 at 11:21 am
That is pretty great. Any man whose family would select that for his memorial is someone I probably would like to have met.
Jamin said,
October 22, 2015 at 11:22 am
…errrr, unless, that is, the poem is mean in solemn earnest. In which case, that’s just a damn weird choice of words.
lokifire said,
October 22, 2015 at 11:36 am
It’s called “The Warrior,” and you had damn well better BELIEVE it is in absolute solemn earnest.
The original poet is a dead Persian guy, so … probably the translator’s fault?
Jamin said,
October 22, 2015 at 3:09 pm
I find that incredibly disappointing. And I mean “incredibly” literally, as I can’t quite believe how much that disappoints me.
lokifire said,
October 22, 2015 at 3:17 pm
Yeah, it sucks, but grieving people love terrible poetry.