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Great poem.

Like sticking two fingers up to death. (and you posting it, felt like you gave him a second opportunity to do just that).

Love it.

Karren xx

This is impressive, Alsiony. I enjoyed every bit of it. How long ago did Jackie go? Such a high-spirited and very clever man he was, with a great sense of humour about it all. I had to keep reminding myself that it was not him who wrote this. That said, I can only guess you captured him perfectly well. What a wonderful way to wave him Hello. A unique and intelligent way of looking at and accepting death. It sounds like you learned a lot from him... and miss him. May I manage to accept death in such a way as this. Thank you so much for sharing it. I wouldn't change a word.


~ Lizzy

Hi Alsiony,

I totally agree with what lizzytysh just said,I thought that poem was superb.Jackie sounds like the kind of man I would like to have known and I am sure he would be really proud of your poem and of you.He was lucky to have known you as well.Wonderful!

Thanks for your warm responses Karren, Lizzy and Kwills

He passed just a few years ago, and yes I do miss him, but I am not in the least bit worried about him - and that is an honest way to view it I believe. I was very glad to have known him. Amongst other things - I greatly appreciated his sense of humour, and he always said that he liked mine too. We talked a lot as I have mentioned, and of course the views that he came to are not the same as all other people, but while he resented some things, he was also very glad to have had so much time overall. I believe his greatest disturbance overall, above most anything else, was the fact that he couldn't understand why his life should have been so long, while other's lives are so short.
I won't say any more about him personally now.

Except to say - yes Karren, he very much believed in sticking two fingers up to many things in life haha

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