Thursday, March 10, 2011

Free Write on Lu Hsun's "Death"

Prompt: Imitate the will presented in Death by creating your own.

The Final... No, The Current Will and Testament of Seamus Doyle Patrick Reynolds
  1. If you want the funeral to be private, that's fine, but let those that I loved be treated as family.
  2. Cremate me, do not bury me in the ground. And give some of my ashes to anyone that's willing to go to some place beautiful for me... A mountain top, the open sea, a field of flowers, an island, a cliff, even a skyline... Wherever they find somewhere they think is beautiful in this world, and let them spread my ashes to the wind. Let me fly.
  3. My wake should be open to everyone, and it should be a party. I want an Irish wake, a wake of dancing and singing and commemorating. I would much rather have those I leave behind celebrate the time I had than mourn the time I will not have. You are all very dear to me. I would like your last gathering because of me to be full of joy and energy.

1 comment:

  1. A lively and thorough blog. I commented on a few posts. Nice to watch the inner workings of your mind and heart. I wish you'd read the freewrite from Thursday. Might have brought us around to a useful focus on suicide, and how it ripples through a community....

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