Let me die on the rock
Doesn’t matter which one
Something sunny and remote
Away from the dummies and remotes
by Luke Mehall, publisher of The Climbing Zine. Photo by Jake Burchmore, published in Volume 22
Not that I’m not a dummy too
I’m just a different kind of fool
The artist living as a dirtbag
In the dirt out of a bag
With one hand in society, in the bag
And the other in my chalk bag
Let me die on the rock
This isn’t the suicide talk
This is the living-to-the-fullest talk
This is the human-made-world-is-too-much talk
Just give me some chalk
And
Let me die on the rock
Luke Mehall started out writing poetry on napkins at The Firebrand, in Gunnison, Colorado. This poem was originally published in Volume 22 of The Climbing Zine. Order a copy / subscribe here.