been thinking about
death
well it happens
sometimes when you least expect it
nothing wrong with thinking about it
I read the obituaries habitually
just to see
who’s passed on
and what they did and all
not that I court it or care to
just that
it happens
was even talking the other night at dinner
you know
what I want done
which is this
no
big ole service
don’t want the kids turning around to an
empty house
if they didn’t show up to drink with me
alive
then screw em dead
next I said
I want to be harvested
the kids went berserk
that is soooo gross
and why I said
take what’s good and use it for crying out loud
there’s a lot of good left in this heart for instance
the livers shot, and the lungs furgeddaboutit
but kidneys might do someone some good
and I got great eyes
not much in the brain department
but do they use old brain tissue
hey if your gone your gone
who gives a rats
and then I threw the kicker on the dinner table
and whatever’s left
I want it to be used for
Medical Research
oh mom you are sick
no way uhuh that is Not going to happen
so
I’m telling all you all
you all are my witness
in the event of my timely or untimely
demise
no service
harvest harvest harvest
and then let them use the left overs
to
learn how to fix the suckers that got a chance
are we all clear on this
and forget this ash spreading deal
just leave the ashes in a cardboard box
on a shelf somewhere and for crying out loud
furgeddaboutit
no urn or any such nonsense
whatever you knew of me
when I was breathing
and
these here words
are all you need to remember me by
get
it
got
it
good