She brought a lottery ticket every Tuesday
and never won—
SHE DIED
He always bought used cars that he ended up
spending twice as much money to fix—
HE DIED
She went to psychics regularly—
SHE DIED
He prayed irregularly—
HE DIED
She shopped at Thrift stores for Everything—
SHE DIED
He quit golf because it got too expensive—
HE DIED
She never ate a meal out—
SHE DIED
He quit smoking/drinking and maintained a KETO Diet—
HE DIED
She read books and didn’t own a TV—
SHE DIED
He always got front row theater ticks—
HE DIED
She owned 6 cats and 2 dogs—
SHE DIED
He went to Church every Sunday and tithed 10%—
HE DIED
She never went to the Doctor—
SHE DIED
He didn’t own a toothbrush or floss—
HE DIED
He was a Doctor
She was a Teacher
He was a Nurse
She was a Lawyer
He was an Actor
She was a Police Officer
He as a Priest
She was an Actuary
He as Homeless
She was a Musician
They danced with Death
The SONG went on
but Their Music stopped
Death laughingly danced on
never out of breath
never losing a step
missing a beat
THEY DIED
Death Didn’t
It passes on
without passing away
Death never hides from us
It doesn’t play
PEEK-A-BOO
around unsuspecting corners
or unseen darkened tunnels
The bell it tolls at Midnight
is the same one resounding at Noon
It’s in Us
Like a constant untiring Heartbeat
Closer than our next breath
It surges through our veins
and Wins
ever before our Board game begins
and long before we get out of jail
and collect a conciliatory $200.00
Death smirks
Even as we before we put our
worn out pieces
begrudgingly in The Box
Death sneers the Smile
of an Undefeated Record
Death pitches a NO-Hitter
and when the fast ball
hits you in the head
you lay lifeless at the Plate
Before you can take your Base
. . .no Strike Three
ever necessary and seldom given
And yet
with our many beginnings
with our multiple endings
we are grateful
within us
there are some things that never conclude
THERE ARE SOME THINGS THAT NEVER CONCLUDE
(and this. . .this is why we live)
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