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The Roof of Life
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*April 18, 2003

I look at life
as a set of periods--
chunks of time--
that barely overlap
like shingles on a roof,
one tacked on
above the other
only touching the one before--
the last different from the first--
only linked
when the same raindrop drips down
from top to bottom
like memories cascading,
lasting all the way,
touching every shingle,
every period of life,
vanishing at the end--
off the edge of the roof--
when life ceases.

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 Reviews of "The Roof of Life"
Reviewed on April 19, 2003
Very good poem J. Nothing but enjoyed reading it. As I read down my mind did just as the rain drops annd shingles.

Reviewed by Lady Peg (Reader)
Reviewed on April 19, 2003
~J,
"touching every shingle,
every period of life,
vanishing at the end--
off the edge of the roof--
when life ceases."
depth in reflections
very good.
Peggy

Reviewed on April 19, 2003
Very clever example of life. Very creative indeed!

Sandie Angel :o)

Reviewed on April 19, 2003
Wow...I liked this one quite a bit, excellent analogy, Just really hit me this morning,

Excellent,

Reindeer

Reviewed by William M. Sowman
Reviewed on April 19, 2003
Very well thought out writing J. Murphy. A very sound way to look at life. Bill

Reviewed by Elizabeth Taylor (Reader)
Reviewed on April 19, 2003
Memory is like this too...not linear. I like these analogies...bravo, well done.


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