If I shouldn’t be alive

"If I shouldn't be alive" is a short poem in which a speaker imagines their own death and leaves one tender request: when the robins return, give the one in the red cravat a memorial crumb. Two compact stanzas balance gentle humor with quiet mortality. The speaker pictures thanking a friend through a "granite lip," and that image makes gratitude feel stubborn and lasting. Can silence still say thank you? Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/ririro-com-poetry--6577576/support.