Studio8 - Uniting the Arts

how will I Get there ?

when will the astral limo arrive ?
what will I see when I open the front door ?
will someone explain the earthly limits ?
I mean I'm not afraid to leave it all behind
and though I have no death wish, the realist
in me has obviously contemplated relocation,
I've seen plenty of this world one way or another
and the travel brochures bore me
like a preacher going through the motions.....
I'm not in any hurry mind you but think
the cosmic undertaker should undertake my preferences
so sign me up....Don't put me in a chest !!
I want the hottest choice available for this boy....Incineration
a useless body would only hold me back, slow me down
so when the time is right take me to the milky way
I have yet to visit all the constellations
just sayin....when Phase Two comes near
just assist my naked soul as it slides to the edge of time,
It's there I will stick out my thumb, and catch a ride across the galaxy

ashes to ashes
stardust to stardust

time enough
a short-timer looks at 90

I am trying to tidy up before I go.
I have no worries, I know the nun of amherst is right
If I cannot stop for death...
if i had my druthers i would like a burial at sea
mother mother ocean

i hope you are in it for the long haul
my selfish gene needs the poetry

after I've fallen off the perch
strip me for parts
take anything that still works
and stick what's left into a cheap wooden box
made with #2 pine from Hamshaw's Lumber...
green burial
no preservatives
just stick me in the ground
and let me return whence I came -
to the Earth...
but
more realistically
state laws might frown on that
so for plan B
toss my husk onto the pyre
& put the clinkers into a jar
so I can become a paperweight
for my daughter's desk.....

great responses...