By Ron Padgett
Word count: 53
Paragraphs: 11
What is it that,
in the face of death,
lets you find yourself
sitting in a chair
with happiness all around you
and in you and of you,
as if you were a dog
whose master is petting your head
and telling you how good
you are, forever?
Ron Padgett’s most recent book is Non praticare il cannibalismo (Do Not Practice Cannibalism), a selected poems in Italian translation, from Del Vecchio Editore.