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Released 2011-09-09 13:04:02 -0500

An always increasing collection of poems I've written for DianeFT's brilliant "Death is Alive" collab....

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I came back from work, do you know what I found


Death lying on my couch, lazing around


He had unbuckled his pants and kicked off his shoes


He told me to go an...

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2011-08-11 00:56:28 -0500
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Death opened his door and there on the stoop,


He found a most peculiar looking group


There was a monster, two ghosts, a vampire with pointy teeth,


They said t...

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2011-09-05 11:52:54 -0500
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Death asked me to accompany him on a roller coaster ride,

He was scared to go alone, although many times he had tried.

While everyone else was screaming in delight,

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2011-09-08 12:31:41 -0500
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I saw Death, he looked real stressed


He was battered and bruised, his robe was a mess


He said he'd been in an accident today


He'd been run over by a fat ...

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2011-08-27 11:30:44 -0500
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I was at the window one dark and stormy night
Enjoying the rain, the sound and the light
A knock at the door, who could it be?
'Twas Death, he was scared, he wanted to stay with me
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2011-08-10 11:38:11 -0500
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I came downstairs after a restful night


Death was drinking coffee, he didn't look right


For days, he said he had been unable to sleep


He kept seeing the faces...

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2011-08-11 23:29:21 -0500
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One evening I had to hire Death to babysit for me


Didn't have a choice, no one else was free


I came home from dinner to a such a lovely sight


Death tucki...

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2011-08-13 09:48:38 -0500
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I left Death at home to babysit our kids


We had two girls and a boy named Sid


From three doors down I could hear my babies cry


I ran home quickly to find out ...

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2011-08-16 00:27:41 -0500
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I came home and when I opened the door


I saw a pile of dirty clothes on my living room floor


Upstairs, reading a book, Death was soaking in my tub


He tossed m...

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2011-08-23 11:24:42 -0500
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When Death confessed that he had cheated on me,


He begged for forgiveness on bended knee


I was throwing things at him, wasn't listening to a word he said,


Dea...

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2011-09-06 11:53:50 -0500
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Death was my date for my high school dance


He had pleaded with me to give him a chance


I relented, and was surprised to find


Death was a perfect gentleman, so...

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2011-08-10 00:22:01 -0500
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Death was lying in his bed when he heard a strange sound


He switched on a light and looked all around


Things seemed alright, he figured it was just in his head


<...
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2011-09-11 11:07:55 -0500
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Death spent hours gazing at the birds in the sky

Like them, how he wished he could fly

So Death became a pilot and was doing quite well

Only problem was he flew all...
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2011-09-12 15:38:20 -0500
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The next time Death came to visit me


I offered him coffee instead of tea


He politely declined, said that coffee put him to sleep


And he still had his quota of...

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2011-09-15 09:19:06 -0500
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Death went to the beach to have some fun

He stripped off his robe to soak in the sun

He splashed in the water oblivious to the crowd

Who pointed to a sign that said...
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2011-09-21 12:00:59 -0500
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I wanted my relationship with Death to appear normal


So I asked him to be my date for the Fall Formal


He mingled with the other hitRECorders with my consent

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2011-09-26 10:43:26 -0500
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Death was taking a stroll on Halloween night


Everywhere he looked he saw very strange sights


Monsters, witches and ghosts were zooming around in cars,


Death w...

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2011-10-15 10:56:29 -0500
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A while ago Death had proposed to me

Holding a diamond ring, he went down on bended knee

Now as I walk down the aisle and see him at the altar in his suit

I can't h...
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2011-10-18 11:19:16 -0500
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One day while looking at the birds in the sky


Death decided he too would give flying a try


But when he jumped from a branch, he fell and bumped his head


He th...

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2011-10-27 08:22:06 -0500
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'Twas the night before Christmas


And before he went to bed,


Death strung tinsel around his house


In gold, green and red


 


He put ...

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2011-11-16 10:41:51 -0600
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Death is a wonderful story teller


He reads me fairytales before I fall asleep


While kissing my forehead, he whispers a promise


That my soul he will not r...

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2011-12-05 10:33:49 -0600
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Death misplaced some souls on a busy night


He looked everywhere but they were nowhere in sight


His perfect record he didn't want to taint 


So he went to ...

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2011-12-14 08:49:24 -0600
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Death wanted a little songbird 


To sing for him day and night 


But whenever he went near 


The birds would drop dead in fright


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2012-05-01 06:44:46 -0500
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Before I could blow out my candles , Death blew them out instead


He laughed so hysterically, while I turned brighter shades of red


I didn't give him any cake, he got...

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2012-08-23 11:51:02 -0500
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