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Unplug the Machines and Let Death Come Naturally

When and if the time should ever come when all is said and that can be has been done And the only signs or form of life that remains is being kept alive via electronic machines Believing he could no longer or would wish to fight on otherwise he surely would have Then gather round all that loved this poor soul whilst still alive for 1 last final remaining time Unplug the tubes that aid them breathe switch off the whaling pinging machines signaling heartbeat arithmetics Disconnect the saline solution glucose drip colostomy bag and statistics patches covering them from head to toe Release them from their comatose state and living nightmare For this is life in name only alive but not alive to the world And rather let all their dreams come true forevermore and after that day too as well And in so doing so let also the living move on to not join them in their daily grief and pain as well To celebrate life not just only death

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