Friday, November 30, 2012


From "Song Of The Turkey Buzzard"
by Lew Welch

Hear my last Will & Testament:

                          Among my friends there shall always be 
                          one with proper instructions
                          for my continuance.

                                      Let no one grieve.
                                      l shall have used it all up 
                                      used up every bit of it.

                                      What an extravagance! 
                                      What a relief!

                          On a marked rock, following his orders, 
                          place my meat.

                                      All care must be taken not to
                                      frighten the natives of this 
                                      barbarous land, who
                                      will not let us die, even, 
                                      as we wish.

                          With proper ceremony disembowel what I 
                          no longer need, that it might more quickly 
                          rot and tempt

                          my new form


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