DEAD ON

I’ve been thinking,

I do that a lot… you

should try it some time.

I am way too lazy to die.

I mean, just getting ready

is more work than I care to do.

Draw up a will?

Like pay some lawyer

six hundred bucks, or more

and then I’m still the one who

has to go through every

damn thing I own and decide

who gets it?

What if they don’t want it?

What if somebody else does?

What happens to my body?

I don’t know, I don’t even care,

it’s falling apart, anyway.

Donate it to one of those places

that do medical training,

and when they are done,

send the ashes to… who?

Where?

I want some dumped in the

water off Pensacola beach,

and some in Sarasota Bay…

A cup or so on the

Wiley Ault farm in the

Sequatchie Valley, and some on

my hillside of Popes Chapel Road.

A teaspoon or so on Barbara’s Grave

at Spencer Lake in Wisconsin

would be awesome.

Spread me around…

there were a lot of other things

I never got together, so its fitting...

Of course, if anybody would like,

I wouldn’t mind a pyramid; I think

that would be nice. If they ever

figure out how they’re built.

Author's Note

Well, when you are 76 years old... no matter how well you are doing, it 's something you think about...

Reviews

[Lorry]

I'll ask Elon about the pyramid Vol. Surely he knows, being a lizard alien and all.
I quite fancy an unmarked grace, like they do when there are no next of kin. But as you already said, I'll bethe last one who gets a say in where im planted. I'd certainly be happy being fly tipped in a country lane. It would give all the insects something to look forward to at least.
If im first to go Katie can have the lot, or just burn it to make way for other stuff none of us need anyway.
I'd hope she at least takes my purple furry dice with a face and legs. Its actually a footstool but it was only after buying it I realise how little my feet sit down, plus it is her favourite colour so maybe I should will it to her to make sure it goes to a nice home... but again, I'll be fine with burning it too.
I hope at least she takes my writing journals. She can dump them in a cupboard or attic never to be read again but it would be nice to know she could read them and think of me now and again.
Now that I think of it, there is a pyramid in scotland. Queen Victoria had it built as a shrine to her late husband. Maybe he wouldn't mind budging up a bit if you asked his estate nicely! 😃
I don't reckon a grave site should be where people remember you anyway, so spread yourself to the winds and do a bit of travelling. It'll be free and with the added advantage you could still ruin peoples days by flying into the eyesof people you never liked and making it look like they are mourning you by crying.
I like that idea too, of being a pain even after death! 😃

[Gee]

Made me chuckle.
I'm going into the furnace then ashes can be scattered to the four winds. As for valuables, don't think there will be to much to be sharing around.
Hope you are well Vol

[Chris Shaw]

I try not to dwell on it, but I have to admit some of this stuff is on my mind too. That comes with the aging process, and now that my elderly aunt has gone, it’s my generation that’s next:) I enjoyed the humour here Vol:) That’s a lot of places to scatter your ashes. A pyramid, Ha why not? Thanks for the smile. Happy Sunday from the UK.

Chris