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Death's Invitation (Free verse) by eliastemplar

I cheated death today I stole one second, one inch, and one degree from him. In the blink of an eye his hand was empty and I still breathed. When the fear had passed and the smoke had cleared I returned to his broken trap. There on the ground lay a copper coin and I stole this too. I put it on a chain around my neck. This way I'm sure I'll never forget.

eliastemplar 6-Oct-04/10:15 AM
It's strange, I will embark on another mission tomorrow, and it seems it will lead me down the very same isolated path that I wrote this poem about. If death is waiting there again, hopefully he will see my coin as a ward and not a challenge.




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