Then Go

Napowrimo Day 8

Today's prompt is to choose a famous poem, and rewrite it, giving it my own spin.  Hello Dylan Thomas, I hope you won't mind that I chose your "Do Not Go Gentle Into that Good Night" to rewrite, molding context and diction in simple, everyday terms.

Then Go

Do not go angry when you leave for work,

Consider that these may be our last words;

Kiss me slow, with no regard for the clock.

Our parents birthed us and did what they could

to live and work while they taught us their good.

Do not go angry when you leave for work.

Common sense, though it’s really not, makes wise,

practical matters, tooth paste, adequate food.

Kiss me slow, with no regard for the clock.

Retire and rise early, remember: think.

Be mindful of others in doing good.

Do not go angry when you leave for work,

And you, my darling, as you pause on the deck

don’t stop to consider whether you should.

Kiss me slow, with no regard for the clock

Do not go angry when you leave for work,

Kiss me slow, with no regard for the clock.

                        -- Shirley Smith Franklin