you will know when you are done

when nothing of the past passes away from you

and all that is to come is unforthcoming


and you cannot move in any direction

because your feet feel as if they have been

cemented into the ground


and you watch bug-eyed (in serenity or terror

according to how you have lived your life)

as a wall of smoke advances on you


and you wait for its passage to carry you beyond your body

and when your waiting is over then

you will know that you are done




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