Why Can'T We Change? ... April 10th,2013 Poem by James Bredin

You and I and all of us in photographs will soon be long gone,
We can’t plan for our untimely deaths because it’s illegal and wrong,
But Switzerland, Washington and Oregon can do it now,
But our Ottawa aristocrats say they know better than thou.




I know; I know; it’s probably a mortal sin to plan your death,
You might go down to hell and meet the devil along that path,
But no one ever came back from the dead and said that this happened,
And if we change; surely democracy would not be threatened.




And why suffer for years in pain and disease waiting for your last breath?
You tried every cure and drug; everything including naturopath,
And still our Ottawa politicians refuse to allow the change,
Should I get in touch with Justin to see if something can be arranged?

APRIL 10TH,2913