Appointment in Samarra
01.02.17
Appointment in Samarra
The Grim Reaper
is my guardian angel
saving me 1000 times
from certain death.
No doubt the times she
lifted me from danger
meant the saving of some
other neglected life.
Her soft touch
sends exquisite pain
radiating through my body
promising that final ecstasy
when the church bells will ring
and the veil will be lifted
and we embrace at last.
–Bill Stifler, 2017