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DNR David J Walker How is it that my friend Knew it was the end Was a cardinal singing At his windowsill Releasing a song on the wind Or did a lonesome whippoorwill Whistle its warning of Impending snow How did he know Were there ravens and owls And dogs howling nearby Or did he find a feather from An angels wing that Caught his eye Fluttering in the evening Twilight And knew that night would soon fall Did he hear the call From the sweet voice of his mother Did he see the hand extended from His father Guiding him through the yonder Fields of the abyss How did he know after The diagnosis of COVID It would be his time to go And he laid himself down In the hospital bed Signing the DNR And in ten days my Dear friend was dead RIP Tom