Thursday, June 30, 2016
The Dying Man
tired of the etiquette
of Death.
Family huddled round
his bed,
and, a fractious bunch,
quarreled. At least
the males.
Hired a stand-in
over the internet,
competent old
actor
who did the expiring
bit with some
aplomb.
The women who shushed
the angry men away
were emotionally
taken
by this being who
had the verve and wit
the real passer lacked.
As Fate
would have it, actor croaked!
No living relatives, so
the primary leaving
man had
him buried as
himself.
Now in the interior room
of the wreck of
the house
how he
watches Jeopardy
in peace!
Panasonic painting
an oddly leer-
ing face.
Labels: actor, death, dying, etiquette of death, Family, fractious family, Jeopardy, proxy
