yeah, I want a lot of people there who are really upset about it
they’ll recount old stories about me with tears and maybe a little laughter
someone will say I was “the greatest” at something
someone will say I was a “true” something, not asshole
they’ll play what they think my favorite song was
the mass media will be interested in it
I will be remembered as greater than I was, I will become more of an icon, a myth
my book sales will spike
people who I never knew will say I touched their hearts
my enemies will regret they were ever my enemies
I will feel like life was totally worth the trouble, all the worrying paid off
but I won’t get to see any of it
the eyes won’t work on my dead body
I don’t know why I want it to be so great
I won’t get to experience any of it
I should really just
relax
Jonathan Montgomery
Jonathan Montgomery is the author of Taxis and Shit (ed. note: we’re in the process of redesigning it – details to follow. -nj-) and The MeTOO Poems Volumes I & II (Baobob Tree Press, 2008). Born in 1980 and raised in Akron, Ohio, he is a graduate of Sarah Lawrence College and Naropa University and lives and performs in Boulder, Colorado.
I like this! A very youthful view. Tom Sawyer. Kudos!