The Mourning Walk
written by: Phyllis Schwartz
When we were walking this glorious morn
I told my spouse of 30 plus years:
If I die today under the surgeon’s knife,
don’t shed too many tears.
Go get yourself another wife.
Sign a big prenup, buy her a few meals.
But leave all the money
to our beautiful girls.
And don’t ever sell my adored house
which I almost love more than you, you louse!
If you don’t want to live there
let our daughters give it care.
While you are in my bed with that whore,
If my last words you dare to ignore:
My ghost will lightly scritch and scratch your neck,
with creepy yellow nails in the middle of the night.
And give you both a fatal fright.
Aren’t I in life a great delight?
Phyllis Schwartz is a former journalist living in the dreamy beach town of Encinitas, California. After many years of working in the gritty news town of Chicago, Illinois she is back near her coastal hometown writing poetry and children's books. The married mother of two combines what she draws from her experiences on the west coast and what some call the third coast for her tightly phrased and observational poetry, evoking sight and sound images much in the way one would when writing for the visual and descriptive experience of television news. Phyllis is a three time cancer survivor and her first children's book "When Mom Feels Great, Then We Do Too!" is an upbeat, rhyming book about how family can help a sick mom recover with humor and fun. Her second children's book "Mom Wombat Says Make War No More!" has an anti- bullying, pro -peace theme. Her third book released March 7th 2025 is called "Laggie And Grillo: an Unlikely Friendship." The book teaches kids about pet care responsibilities and fostering harmony between opposites, featuring a multicultural friendship story with Yiddish, Japanese, and Spanish words, plus a poetry exercise.
Latest posts by Phyllis Schwartz (see all)
- The Mourning Walk - November 11, 2024
- For Father’s Day - June 16, 2024
- Mom Wombat Says Make War No More! - April 10, 2024
