WAITING FOR WHAT? Reflections on Farcical Ephemera A lifetime of waiting. What's it all for? A wedding? A funeral? Another birth? Or chance to shop more? How many people are stuck in roles never wanted? How many have the courage to change their scripts & become less haunted? Linda: Most of what we call 'human life' is simply waiting for death. Ron: (shaking his head) Why be so morbid! Aren't you tired of such metaphysical nonsense? Linda: (after a brief silence) Well, what some call 'nonsense' others call 'neglected truth.' Lis: This conversation is idiotic! Why not smell flowers & celebrate life while it lasts? Lex: Yeah, we should acknowledge death. However, there is no reason to die prematurely. ===================================================================================== from _Last Poems: Lost Poems_ by T Newfields SUMMARY: Some reflections on pointless melancholy and the coexistence of birth and birth. KEYWORDS: futile suffering, unfulfilled lives, scripted performances, fleeting absurdities Author: T Newfields [Nitta Hirou / Huáng Yuèwǔ] (b. 1955 - ) Begun: 2012 in Nagoya, Japan ✠ Finished: 2022 in Yokohama, Japan Creative Commons License: Attribution. {{CC-BY-4.0}} < LAST: https://www.tnewfields.info/LastPoems/writ.htm TOC https://www.tnewfields.info/LastPoems/index.html NEXT > https://www.tnewfields.info/LastPoems/intosilence.htm TRANSLATIONS Español https://www.tnewfields.info/es/esperando.htm Nihongo https://www.tnewfields.info/jp/matte.htm Zhōngwén https://www.tnewfields.info/zh/haizai.htm