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Eulogy

June 29, 2018
By Anonymous

To all of you, friends and family,

We are gathered here today

To remember the one and only me.


Didn’t do a lot, I’m not gonna lie.

Went to college, got a job.

Now look at me, I died.


I got killed by an elephant,

It happened just last week.

The mortician fixed my body up,

So I had to take a peek.


He could have just not seen me,

Or got scared by a mouse.

All I know is I looked up

And his foot was coming down.


I had my ups and downs in life.

Trust me, it flashes by.

You all will say I went too soon,

But there’s no need to cry.


I lost my life in Africa,

As happy as can be.

Birds were singing, trees were swaying

On a beautiful safari.


The author's comments:

"Eulogy" was inspired by my fear of death. In order to get over how terrified I was with the idea of dying, I wrote this poem to make death seem less threatening and innocent instead of tainted. 


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