Visiting the Dead

Here's a link to my you tube channel where I read my poetry. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sQYZm3w3RPc

I visit the dead at
the grocery store,
library,
on the phone
and
in my e-mails.
I watch them
on TV,
at the beach,
in my dreams
and in the eyes
of crows.

They wear
colorful clothes, and
always want to
sell me on their
way of life.
No thanks, I’m
calling the whole
thing off.
I’m going fishing.

Author's Note

My books are Seedy Town Blues Collected Poems, Sleep Always Calls, and It's Just a Hop, Skip, and a Jump to the Madhouse. They are available on Amazon.

Reviews

[RomaJ]

To me, “visiting the dead” feels like a metaphor for all the ways the past and outside influences sneak into our daily lives -- in emails, TV, even dreams.

That final line, “I’m going fishing,” is perfect -- a funny, rebellious way of saying I’m stepping away and finding my own peace. Really clever and relatable.

[Thomas W Case]

Yes. You got it. Thank you.

[Soren]

A great metaphor Thomas for those in society that have let their real selves die to put on the cloths of pretend and act a part in a false play for a cardboard audience. Well written I would prefer fishing too fishing for someone that can accept me for who I am

[Thomas W Case]

Thank you.

[Soren]

Most welcome Thomas

[Kenneth The Poet]

Rope-a-dope at the end, a funny punch that nobody really expects. I feel this one too.

[Thomas W Case]

Thank you, I appreciate it.

[kronskymikhail]

There’s a haunting honesty in this piece — the way ghosts blend into everyday life, hovering in ordinary places like grocery aisles and inboxes. It’s both eerie and comforting, like grief wearing familiar clothes. Sometimes escape is the only answer. For me, that escape lives in https://quickwin-casinos.de/ — fleeting luck against the weight of memory.

[red93]

'in the eyes of crows' is a telling and powerful line. Noone is queueing up for 'the last sleep'. Really Excellent ✨️✨️✨️✨️✨️

[Thomas W Case]

Thank you, my friend. I'm back.

[red93]

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[Pete]

going fishing sounds like a good idea to me and i think my muse thoreau would agree, "I was not born to be forced. I will breathe after my own fashion. Let us see who is the strongest."

[Thomas W Case]

You got it brother. Thank you.

[Lara]

Wingless gulls jostle in the isle of canned sardines, while the winged draw arcs where the sardines can.

Only four letters mark a difference between 'spiritless' and 'spirit', and yet it seems so much more, and never the less...

[Thomas W Case]

Thanks. I appreciate your comment.

[John the Baptist]

This one could be seen as a way to regard the past. It's no longer real, but it continually attracts our attention. I like the solution here; just go fishing.

[Thomas W Case]

Thank you, my friend. I appreciate it.