Set The Trends... Dec 9th,2012 Poem by James Bredin

SET THE TRENDS … Dec 9th,2012
BY
JAMES BREDIN


The obituaries nowadays list many of my old friends,
So dying seems to be the way to go as they set the trends,
Those great people I knew so long ago - where did they go?
The religious say they went to heaven or hell but I don't know.




But I do know that none of them arranged the whole affair,
We don't have death-with-dignity, so some have to rely on prayer,
But neither can I, arrange the time and date and place to die,
If I could; I would and then arrange a party to say goodbye.




But that makes too much sense for our left-wing politicians,
Or is it right-wing politicians with no flex conditions,
Our aristocrats laid down the law about dying- with-dignity,
And it can't be changed and nothing to do with responsibility.

Dec 9th,2012