Life’s Incessant Valediction

Actuated by real, experienced and/or expected loss of
people and pets, but including perhaps…. oneself
Still life set-up: my own

In the final analysis,
knowing right from the start,
that Death is Life’s singular aim,
all Creativity,
no matter how long the detour,
becomes the product of lifelong mourning,
metamorphosing polyphasic relationships,
postmortem or prematurely,
into the reaction formation of comedy, or,
in pursuit of perfection, by
therapeutically negating feelings of loss,
crystallising their emotional significance
into things of best simulacrums;
functioning too,
as the prerequisite for spiritualism,
with the frail hope it will yield
a reunion of souls.

Goth:May:2020