does it take forever, I wonder?

is it all black and silent
or is it an overwhelming rainbow explosion -

this inevitable adventure
so shocking
so frightening
so certain.

is there a celestial father waiting there
to read me my report card
and maybe send me
to a horrendous-long detention,
all flames and agony...

or a soggy, foggy eternity
rife with harp music and scripture
and everyone's best behavior
and vanilla as far as the eye can behold?

I'm dying to know -
who isn't-

the curiosity is killing me,
with help from time
and experience
and polution
and dissolution...

don't get me wrong -
I hope the end is slow in coming;

there are rainbows here, after all
along with flames
and fog
and vanilla
and...
and...
and a million ands to investigate.

still
that last doorway
that last moment -

does it take forever, I wonder?

11/04/2007

Posted on 11/05/2007
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