Thursday, March 6, 2008

dying wishes 3/6/2008

I hope two things for my gravestone

the second number is greater than 2020
and that whomever writes my obituary
knows of the word rara avis
does not confuse it with a car rental company
and uses it to describe me.

and more importantly- as I rethink this request,
it is a good word to describe me
and not just a way to fufill my wishes
for the use of that word
to describe me

rara avis \RAIR-uh-AY-vis\, noun;
plural rara avises \RAIR-uh-AY-vuh-suhz\ or rarae aves \RAIR-ee-AY-veez\:
A rare or unique person or thing.

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