WRITE YOUR OWN EPITAPH

[Violet]

.. I was only accommodating your own devilish wish, Iveta.. after all, I'm the hostess of this thread... ..

.. anyway, all of this is reminding me of that very apropos line of Leonard's..

AIR MAIL AIR MAIL AIR MAIL AIR MAIL
WHEN HATRED WITH ITS PACKAGE COMES:
REFUSE DELIVERY..
AIR MAIL AIR MAIL AIR MAIL AIR MAIL

.. I don't think God would need such instruction, but surely some of us B.L.'s down here might.. of course, you're suggesting more of a subterfuge, it seems.. Hatred dressed up as Federal Express, for example.. and who could refuse a Fed Ex package??... especially an overnight???..

[to be continued]..

[iveta]

AIR MAIL AIR MAIL AIR MAIL AIR MAIL
WHEN HATRED WITH ITS PACKAGE COMES:
REFUSE DELIVERY..
AIR MAIL AIR MAIL AIR MAIL AIR MAIL

...the most beautiful package ever wrapped.
Sure it’s most obvious to God that it could only contain some sweet LenZen peace....

Blood upon my body, ice upon my soul: I had absolutely no intention to subject you to any devilish wishes – this thread needs you, undamaged 

Hatred dressed up as Federal Express, speeding its way to darkness – looks and sounds most dangerously decadent...
but please stay here, with us...

[lonndubh]

omnia mutantur, nihil interit
Everything changes -nothing is lost

[imaginary friend]

...Or the pessimist's epitaph:

Nothing changes – everything is lost.

[iveta]

just the right things got lost

What was wrong was never understood and what was right never lasted.

Bukowski

[Cate]

.


. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .CONRAD

WHOSE BALL NOW STANDS STILL AND WHOSE WHEEL NO LONGER SQUEAKS
. . . MAY THE AFTERLIFE FIND YOU WITH ENDLESS TUNNELS AND SEED


In remembrance of Conrad, our little Russian dwarf hamster who passed peacefully in his sleep last night. Services were held late this afternoon.

[Violet]

.. oh, Cate.. my condolences on Conrad's passing..

.. excepting such sad circumstances, it's nice hearing from you.. things still seem rather quiet around here.. of course, this part's the cemetery I guess..

[Cate]

Thank you Violet - he was a good hamster. (I hope you don't mind me making room for pets in this old cemetery.)

[Violet]

.. actually, Cate.. I'm thinking of adding a car section..

HERE LIES SILVIE
A Trusty Silver Toyota Camry
Perky and Reliable
And Good to All Who Drove Her
1985 - 2009

[mickey_one]

.


. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .CONRAD

WHOSE BALL NOW STANDS STILL AND WHOSE WHEEL NO LONGER SQUEAKS
. . . MAY THE AFTERLIFE FIND YOU WITH ENDLESS TUNNELS AND SEED


In remembrance of Conrad, our little Russian dwarf hamster who passed peacefully in his sleep last night. Services were held late this afternoon.

We lined his death box
with torn pages
of "Heart of Darkness"
the novella he wrote in his spare time
when he was bored with his wheel and tunnels.
Apocalypse Now
Dream Memories later.

[Cate]

hey there Mikeeee,

Thank you for that speech you gave about the life of a paddle wheel adventurer - very touching, although that explorer in you pocket joke was a tad inappropriate.

[mickey_one]

hey there Mikeeee,

Thank you for that speech you gave about the life of a paddle wheel adventurer - very touching, although that explorer in you pocket joke was a tad inappropriate.

Cate, thanks for inviting me to make the address. It was lovely to meet you and your family, albeit it on such a sad occasion. I am sad I never knew Joseph but judging from the many tributes that poured in, he was a fine chap of integrity and talent.

[Violet]

.. actually, Cate.. I'm thinking of adding a car section..

HERE LIES SILVIE
A Trusty Silver Toyota Camry
Perky and Reliable
And Good to All Who Drove Her
1985 - 2009

Actually, I thought Conrad was a squirrel not a hamster, but then I wasn't a Lit. major either..

Mr., uh, your lordship.. M.. perhaps you could oversee some sort of burial rite for Sylvie, my newly deceased though still quite sexy Camry.. She's still parked outside, as I thought I might be able to put her back together again.. but.. that's seeming less and less a possibility.. so..

.. oh, FYI, she met her fatal end on Halloween night.. she was lanced pretty badly.. her carcass then toyed with... but then, you would know about such grizzly matters given your line of (red-lace-panty-lined)..uh, work.. [this is all coming back to me like some kind of Victoria's-not-so secretly tacky dream]..

Anyway, see what you can do, if you're not too busy with all that law and order 'n world peace 'n such.. stuff..

Yours, throughout this thread's tawdry eternity,
v i o l e t (flower)..

[philrose]

A Wandering Soul Mislaid

[Cate]

perhaps it's behind the dryer... I just found a number of socks behind mine.