DYING WE CAN DO TOMORROW cancer poem in Genghis Lotus Poetry Collection, a selection of poems free to read online. Webmaster for this site is poet Hugh Cook, born in Britain, educated in New Zealand, and the author of, amongst other works, the fantasy series Chronicles of an Age of Darkness.

DYING WE CAN DO TOMORROW

Dying we can do tomorrow.
Today there are the demands of
Chocolate,
Ice cream,
Coffee
And my daughter's arms
Outflung in an amazed
"All mine!":
Splendid with possession,
Rejoicing
In the spectacle of presents
At her second-ever Christmas.

Copyright © 2006 Hugh Cook
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