The Nihilist Song of Myself

[heslopian]

the sky is the sky
and the trees are the trees

flowers don't mean very much

one day you'll be dead
so you won't be able to read this poem
or do anything at all
except be dead

you were born
you read this poem
you died

flowers still don't mean very much

[Leanne]

Oh, nasty, Whitman would roll over and give you a nudge in his grave

According to dear old Monty from Withnail and I, "flowers are essentially tarts, prostitutes for the bees"... I think there's something in that for everyone, don't you?

[heslopian]

haha I should really get around to watching Withnail and I Whitman I'm finding difficult to pin down my opinions about. On the one hand some of his poems are stunningly beautiful, on the other he was such an old pansy. All this talk about love of comrades and old couples walking hand in hand... Bah humbug

[billy]

the title is so cheesey that it's great. and the wally whitman ref is there.

nice one jack

[Todd]

Brilliant title. Thankfully, not as long as the Whitman version. I love it.

Flowers still don't mean very much

you were born
you read this poem
you died

I am not fulfilled. Thanks Jack

the sky is the sky
and the trees are the trees

flowers don't mean very much

one day you'll be dead
so you won't be able to read this poem
or do anything at all
except be dead

you were born
you read this poem
you died

flowers still don't mean very much

[heslopian]

Thanks for your kind words Bilbo and Todd