John William Henry Barthrop wrote.
In iambic pentameter
an amusing suicide note
Stuck it on the water heater.
Which he turned on but left unlit.
Although his intent was to die.
He put no thought in planning it.
It was in fact a hopeless try.
The fool forgot to feed the meter
and very soon the gas ran out.
Fate decides, you cannot cheat her.
So he survives only to doubt
if in fact he really meant it.
He’s still alive though discontented.
05/11/2009
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This poem has not been translated into any other language yet.
I would like to translate this poem
What a wry, dry wit you have, Ivor. I love the idea that someone (other than Shakespeare, of course) would write a suicide note in iambic pentameter, and the final line had me in stitches. I will admit to mistaking 'discontented' for 'disconnected', but it lost none of its impact as a result. A fantastic poem! S :)