This Poem May Kill Me, Or Not

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Notes: I am putting the notes upfront, suicide is no laughing matter, however, anything that makes it something that can be discussed I think is a good thing. Humor really is an aid to many an illness. Note the poem starts with a reason, when someone is at the point of suicide, there is NO reason. It is an illness like any other. Also inside humor  and innuendo is meaning. Enough said.

I went to the casino of love last night
I placed a bet on romantic seven
Lost all my chips, ain’t going to heaven
Broke me heart
Lowered head, I walked back to the car park

Next morning I woke up
Put a gun to my head
Click
Click
Click
Click
I can’t even win at Russian roulette

Need a change, to get away
Mending the pain or soul, some might say
Took a plane to Bengal
Ended up in beuruit
Walked right into the middle of a war or 2
Explosions all over, around me head
Thank god, soon I shall be dead
I saw a terrorist with a real mean look
I waved hello, shoot me, shoot me!!!
I am sure he would have given a chance 
But someone else tossed into him a lance
Seems even in a war I can’t make myself dead
Sadly I lost at even this deadly dance

Then an explosions tossed me sky high
Was i going to heaven, was this my grand demise?
No, I landed in the sea and just on time
For a cruise ship to save me, soul and all
Off too Florida it seems
Death sure has some gall


I was walking along a sunny beach
When all of a sudden two gangs appeared
One Cuban, one Mexican, they sure looked mean
Two gangs known as killing machines
Here is me smack in the middle
My lucky day, for how could I lose
Suicide was assured, come on, you know it
I yelled to both of them
I am DEA, and I think all of you queers are very very gay
That out to get me the bullet I wish
What the hell, they all dropped their guns and surrendered
I admit I was starting to be mighty offended

So now I have this Medal of Honor
For saving a community of drugs and plunder
I just can’t win at the casino of life
I can get myself killed no matter the plight

So back home I go
What the hell
I’ll fill the bathtub
And give that a go

You think I’m bragging or boasting of death
I am serious, this will work, why drowning for sure
What could go wrong? with such a fine plan?
All I want to be is a dead dead man

So yes, I fill up the tub with water and suds
I down some pills, some booze and some bud
I am drifting off, to my purgatory bliss
When I hear an alarm the wakes me
What’a darn *****
The buildings on fire, ok I can burn in my sorrow
Except the bathtub collapses and doses the fire

I am a loser, this is for sure
They gave me Medal of Honor again
For saving all the seniors by making it rain
I am not dead, and I am not happy
Seems I can’t accomplish 
Even my death
Even this task I make a mess

Now I am curious, I have to ask
Have any readers killed themselves yet?
This tale that’s a mess, being alive is giving me stress
If not read on, it’s gonna get better
Someone I will succeed at this suicidal adventure

OK now a bridge I hear is a good place to die
Not to hard, you jump and say good bye
I can do that, doesn’t seem hard
So now I stand on a Golden Gate Bridge
Happy at last that life will be over

All of a sudden a huge shaking occurs,
An earthquake , oh lucky me maybe the bridge will collapse
Not to be and you know that now, it tosses me infront of a car
The car brakes and halts and honks its horn
Till it sees the crack in the road just up ahead
If not for me falling right right there
That car would be the one drowning in the ocean of despair

They jumped out and hugged me and kissed me with thanks
Apparently I saved an ambulance full of pre mature babies
You know what happens next, and don’t you go crying
Another Medal of Honor for me, a hero without trying!

What the hell I give up
This suicide profession is harder than you think
Hell I might as well go back to my whiskey and drinks
Live in the darkness, and pray that one day
Life has enough meaning that I wish to actually stay

So now that these ideas so dark and so deadly
I have discarded without hope, so now I will be friendly
I will join the world of human souls and laughter
Even if inside I still lack such basic character

No more silly ideas of death
I need to move on and make life the best
So off to the store, to get me some groceries
A new leaf I have turned and I confess to a smile
When I am crossing the street, I see to my horror
That I am hit by a bus, and finally no damn tomorrows

Copyright © | Year Posted 2015



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Date: 2/1/2015 9:18:00 PM
A great poem from start to finish. Made me smile to read the ending my friend. So much creative spirit in this one.. Bravooooo!!! A7
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Date: 1/18/2015 2:55:00 PM
Beautiful story you have composed again. To cheat death so many times and when you turn your life around, whackmy dear friend. 7 Blessings eve
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Date: 1/15/2015 1:39:00 PM
powerful piece of writing love how you pained this piece dear pal
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Date: 1/14/2015 12:57:00 PM
This is so emphatic, beautiful and lovely... Thanks for the excellent share... Once again, happy and a prosperous 2015!
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Arthur Vaso
Date: 1/14/2015 8:54:00 PM
Thank you so much Funom, and a Happy New Year to you too!
Date: 1/11/2015 9:12:00 AM
Glad to hear you are still alive! Have a great day Arthur. You didn't respond to my last email.
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Arthur Vaso
Date: 1/11/2015 4:09:00 PM
Thanks, yes I just realized, will do!
Date: 1/9/2015 1:37:00 PM
I will be dying laughing, dear Arthur! You would eliminate all your friends with such a witty writing! Really fabulous! A seven of course!
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Arthur Vaso
Date: 1/9/2015 2:26:00 PM
Thank you Demotrios, what a kind compliment!
Date: 1/8/2015 3:21:00 AM
Excellent. Meaningful and very creative write. Enjoyed reading it. Tfs
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Arthur Vaso
Date: 1/9/2015 2:25:00 PM
Thank you Ravi, much appreciated.
Date: 1/7/2015 7:34:00 PM
Okay Arthur. You are a story teller! I come from a family of suicide, so yeah that sucks, but at a certain point, there is humor to life, we sure as hell can't control it. Eventually the universe controls us. All the wild crazy things, they all lead somewhere. silence is bad, humor is good, it lets people communicate. I think this is well done. Hugsxx.
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Arthur Vaso
Date: 1/9/2015 2:25:00 PM
Thank you, and me, I blame those darn lambs!!!
Date: 1/7/2015 8:53:00 AM
Good morning Arthur.
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Arthur Vaso
Date: 1/9/2015 2:24:00 PM
Hi there Richard, busy first week back at work, dont worry, yes I am still alive !!!
Date: 1/7/2015 7:54:00 AM
Oh dear Oh dear On dear....Arthur...your incorrigible! ;) Trying to go and kill yourself. I thought that last stanza was going to have a mean surprise. Oh dear...Very very creative. I must say. You're imagination was working overtime on this one. :) Hugs
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Arthur Vaso
Date: 1/9/2015 2:23:00 PM
Yes it sure was, do poets get overtime pay?
Date: 1/7/2015 6:49:00 AM
Wow Arthur, this is powerful stuff, a subject that is needed to highlighted, and you certainly do that...Happy New Year
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Arthur Vaso
Date: 1/9/2015 2:23:00 PM
Thank Harry and Happy New Year to you too!
Date: 1/6/2015 2:34:00 PM
Hello Arthur this is an interesting write my friend, sad, powerful and thought provoking very creative but worriesome. I hope you are well, I wanted to let you know I'm back on the air again. My computer went boom, lol but now I'm back for good, I've joined with you to become a life time member of poetry soup., I'm here for good now dearest Arthur never shall Dolly go away again as one of my favorate charaters would say, cheri I'm glad you enjoyed my new years poem also.
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Arthur Vaso
Date: 1/9/2015 2:22:00 PM
Thank you Cherl. glad to see you back!
Date: 1/4/2015 9:05:00 PM
In the end, maybe he tempted fate one too many times? ...I understand the need for dark humor sometimes. It makes it easier to read and write about a serious subject... Very clever and creative work, Arthur!
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Arthur Vaso
Date: 1/9/2015 2:21:00 PM
Thank you Kelly!
Date: 1/4/2015 5:25:00 PM
It is strange how We are never fully satisfied.We are given chances in life to make each hour countand We only realize how precious life is when its too late. Even at its darkest,life is a battle worth fighting for..To be able to breathe every morn is beautiful.Sad times hit everybody everynow and then..but better ones follow.When it cant get any wirse ,it can only gets better.I love theconcept in your story Arthur,Awesome.
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Arthur Vaso
Date: 1/9/2015 2:20:00 PM
Thank you Charmaine hugs!
Date: 1/4/2015 9:29:00 AM
I seen the bus coming! I would have pushed you out of the way but Then you might have depressed me even more with all this talk about suicide *lol*! This was entertaining Arthur.
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Arthur Vaso
Date: 1/9/2015 2:19:00 PM
Thank you Richard, the irony is I think the bus was going to the town of Nowhere !!
Date: 1/4/2015 6:56:00 AM
Lol...love it....I was talking with a train conductor friend right before the holidays and he told me many walk in front of trains around the holidays... It is a sad situation.... Happy New Year my friend
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Arthur Vaso
Date: 1/9/2015 2:18:00 PM
Yes well thats why no train scene, the line up was too long!!! :)
Date: 1/4/2015 6:12:00 AM
WOW just wow for all the ways he tried to end it. Creative and original !! The last line makes it almost funny. Well done. Anne
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Arthur Vaso
Date: 1/9/2015 2:17:00 PM
Thank you Anne! :)
Date: 1/4/2015 3:31:00 AM
A meaningful one dear poet Vaso -Safa
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Arthur Vaso
Date: 1/9/2015 2:17:00 PM
Thank you Safa!
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