my bucket list

Not to feel the chill breath
of death
prickling on my shoulder
every time I joke about getting older
And not to FEAR Death
but see it in a wider, more holistic context
everything that lives must die
ours is not to reason why
(but exercise and early nights
are probably still good advice)
To finally see
life’s definitely
not all about me
(I mean – in the history of this planet
goddammit
roughly 117 billion people
started out foetal
which is the best way to understand
roughly where I stand
on the whole, bucket list phenomenon
and why I’m not a bit more forthcomenon)
I wouldn’t mind seeing the pyramids, though