Peacefully
Obituaries like to say
About how someone died:
"Peacefully at home" and yet,
I wonder if they've lied.
Just once I'd like to see in print
That So-and-So passed on
While kicking up the biggest fuss
Until his strength was gone.
When Dylan Thomas wrote, "Do not
Go gentle," what he meant
Was not to peacefully succumb.
(I wonder how he went.)
I hope that when my time arrives
I throw a major fit
And that my husband tells the truth
If he posts an obit.
Copyright © Ilene Bauer | Year Posted 2015
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