A Pocketful of Poesy was and is again a Poem-a-Day(-on-Average) Blog! For 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, and now for 2017 and going forward, you may expect to see 365 poems every year, 366 for leap years.

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Friday, July 28, 2023

what gets us into heaven

Sometimes I think 
what gets us into heaven 
is how many people 
could not be happy 
without us there. So 
everyone who knows 
you, loves you, storms 
the gates carrying you 
right along in with them!
A triumphal procession. 
You do the same for all
who you know and love.
A VIP list made in life
by who knows best: only
each of us. No cap, no
limit except who you
knew, well enough
to love. 

That love of yours pulls
and drags them through
with you, past the gates.
A sort of one-to-many
invitation (they could 
refuse, of course) fans out
from one and any and all,
encompassing anyone who
ever mattered the most,
or even so much 

to anyone.

Then in walk all the egotists,
right past the rope on the door
 - so sure their name is on the list!
And by then it is. It's fine, no one
minds them then. Happy to see

who made it. See, by that point
all the idiot contests are over,
and we don't mind so much
who once belittled or doubted
us. Here we all are, good!

Sometimes, you
only need one person
who really
loves
you. 

What about hell, though? Well 
hell, I have no idea whatsoever. 

If you went all through life, 
at every moment not even loved
by one person, not even yourself,

it seems like
hell on top of that
might be overkill. 

- But who knows? If anyone 
tells you they know that 
for sure, edge away 
and moonwalk slowly

out of there. 

That bouncer is working 
the wrong door

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