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Sounds like a life I'd like to have lived.
And the lightness here is a tonic.
Thanks for posting 

Highly entertaining T., but real. The title is a grabber and the poem delivers.

muchly enjoyed

Phil

Love the title and love the poem except for one little phrase: If there remains - this seems too convoluted for me and rather Yodaish even if I detect you needed it to get the emphasis onto what comes after.
As has been said a great title and good delivery. A fun read with sharp tang.
Dave

Colm, Phil, Dave -- thanks for the kind comments, this was a fun poem to write. Sometimes advice poems pretty much write themselves.

Cheers.

T

Geez Tracy, why didn't you include a business card from a real estate agent in Costa Rico in the N's escape bag while you were at it? Nice guy.

Geez Linda -- it is the Narrator, not me! And in any event, the bag is still there.

Real good to have you back.

T

I know how those darned narrators can sometimes get the bit in their teeth and run wild leaving the poor person at the keyboard shocked, shocked---

Yes, yes - that's it.

Despite the heavy nature of the accident, your poem was light and therefore fun to read. I especially appreciated the discussion of differentiating the poet and the persona, or as you folks say, the N. More than a few times, one or more of my friends will assume that the persona is me. It ain't necessarily so!