Growing old
Death

A Secret Memorial

Felix Dennis
March 9, 2014
Mandalay, Mustique
Unpublished
Arrow
0:00
0:00
Available in:
No items found.

We are old, brother tortoise, you and I,
Yet you shall live for decades when I die.
I paint a name and date beneath your shell;
Walk freely, ancient one; I wish you well.

It is wrong to carve names on trees or paint them beneath a tortoise’s undercarriage. But perhaps, in the circumstances, I may be forgiven. In any case, it will wear off over time.