Part One: Kill Bri
I’ve suffered the indignity …. to be born [unasked],
a naked, almost helpless, babe ……, you can be sure.
Now I’d just as soon be dead …. after 67 years of tasks,
but PLEASE don’t think I’m depressed and only need a “cure”!
Unfortunately I’m conflicted, or I’d do the job NOW, myself.
[I’m afflicted with good health, but not what I call wealth.]
I’ve entangled my life with others ….., who might look askance …
if I hung or starved myself [to death], not giving “life” a second chance.
[A look “askance” is nothing I’d ever really worry about,
BUT I might leave a few people “in the lurch”. Some MIGHT even pout! ]
I don’t wish to ‘tempt fate’ for TOO long. Know what I mean?
Before body or mind falls apart, I’d wish to leave life’s scene.
Surely my departure would leave for others more food and space.
I‘ve no desire to try (with “old age”) to keep up …..the pace.
Part Two: Don’t Kill Bri
What a “baby” I was when I was born!
Was I more special than those before me?
I’ve led a charmed life, one I shall not scorn.
Then why should I [from life] yearn …… to be free?
I’ve got good health, good food; I get my sleep.
Plenty of others [before me] should be killed.
Why, “handicapped, poor, and demented”, keep ….
[alive]?
Along with ‘troublemakers’, I‘d kill them ALL ….
......if I weren’t weak-willed!
OK! I’ve had a bit of fun with this,
but I hope my poem you’ll not dismiss.
Old age and “infirmity” can be a bitch …….
[NOT that “young-and-firm” lives never have a hitch! ]
Part Three: The Ending
If you’re still with me, please hear me out.
Not even I liked when “poor and handicapped” I wrote about!
I still think “demented” should be helped to die,
but “poor and handicapped” ……….
[We interrupt this forthright “poem” just to say:
“The Readers aren’t amused! They’ve dragged Bri away! !
Many have shouted 'he's blasphemous';
the medical corporations say ‘he’ll take money from us! ’.
Some say ‘we must keep Granny alive at all costs …..
even though her husband, friends, and mind she’s lost’.
“ ‘Keep their hearts ticking! Do transplants! Don’t pull the plug! !
This Bri’s a human menace. He’s a VERY slimy slug! ! ! ’
“So now, whatever YOUR view, this poem is finally over.
AND Bri got his “death wish”; he’s NOW “pushing up the clover.”]
(July 9-12, 2015)
Enjoyed your little tirade, Bri! You make me smile! Cannot agree with you though, since I have died, been brought back and my life is more vibrant and fuller than ever before. There are no fears, doubts, worries troubling me now, they all disappeared when I died. It's really amazing how much freer I feel now in life. Anyway writing out what you want when you die, all becomes null and void once you die, no one has to acknowledge your wishes they can say resuscitate and the doctors must comply. Are you sure your loved ones will do as you ask? ? ? ? Grief and death change people's minds quite fast. There was no living will in place for me, I left it entirely up to God and am so happy I did. Agree or not, it was a life-changing experience, very vivid. Totally did enjoy your every word, Bri! Love your style very much. RoseAnn
Life is a precious gift. Make the best of it that you possibly and hold on to it as long as possible 67 is no old Bri! 60 is the new 40 don't you know!
My father was a postmaster and mentally disturbed with negativity and he committed suicide by hanging himself to the fan but what's going on, in your mind?
amongst your list, Bri, put erratic inverted commas' users. also for your next month's poems put my 'Chuzzlewit X: To Laugh Again'. I hope to get a few suggestions.
Good promotion for good cause! Why, “handicapped, poor, and demented”, keep …. [alive]? Along with ‘troublemakers’, I‘d kill them ALL …. ......if I weren’t weak-willed! Taken for fun as you have mentioned, Good try! !
This poem has not been translated into any other language yet.
I would like to translate this poem
I am with you 100%, Bri. I have no intention of dying by any terms but my own. I was reminded of a line from a Monty Python skit: It's nothing that a painful and expensive treatment can't prolong.