because the dead don't wear shoes

[rayheinrich]

Slight apology as my first read was a rather cursory one. Just re-read it.
Extended metaphors can get awfully cute awfully fast, but yours doesn't.
Playful, yes, but with the profundity and paradox of death left intact.
Enjoyed muchly.

Especially:

"...breathe dryly into your ear
from behind your favourite chair."


"because the dead don’t wear shoes
they fold easily from one year to the next
like the pages of a calendar
that doesn't end..."


"they call to you, occasionally...
...come join us
and slip free of the worries of life
and shoes."                                 <- wonderful