The Infamous Other Side - Dave's Story
Dave walked toward the city
bridge
Earlier he had slammed the
fridge
For yesterday he had been fired
After three long years
unemployed and tired
So walking across after parking
his cream car
Looking across the sky to the
one star
A zombie pulling him to the
edge
Laughing at him all the way
across the ledge
Then he jumped into the water
From a height no doubt a well
planned slaughter
He had planned to visit the
infamous other side
So he flew like an eagle wings
spread wide
SLAM into the ocean Lord
Hallowed be thy name (he
thought)
Thy kingdom come
Thy will be done
When they buried poor Dave
The man no one could save
R.I.P. upon his stone
Why me? his eternal groan
Dave's wife sobbing in prayer:
"Our Father, which art in
heaven,
Hallowed be thy Name.
Thy Kingdom come.
Thy will be done in earth,
As it is in heaven.
Give us this day our daily
bread.
And forgive us our trespasses,
As we forgive them that
trespass against us.
And lead us not into
temptation,
But deliver us from evil.
For thine is the kingdom,
The power, and the glory,
For ever and ever.
Amen".
Copyright © Avi Cohen | Year Posted 2013
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