Notes For A Writer

Most likely someday
Someone will be asked
To write my eulogy.

If that is you: I apologize.
In recompense for the inconvenience,
I have some notes I think may help.

Write something that
The New York Times
Would never publish.

Break some rules.
Write something the Conventional Wisdom
Tells you not to.

Make a bad pun.
The rolling eyes are me smiling from heaven.

Tell an uncomfortable truth about me.
Heaven knows I had my foibles.
I’ll get over it.

Write something spicy.
Aim for a rich gumbo
Or a big mess of greens,
Not a bowl of oatmeal.

Let everyone see
The twinkle in your eye.

If someone smirks, you win.

April 2024