The FAB&PP Poem of the Month for August 2020
death is death
teenage suicide or
geriatric wasting
away
sudden or expected
it's all
sad
songs
and
halting
stories
only the
living have
eyes that can
water
up
hearts
that
can gasp
death is permanent
living
impermanent
only
the living
have time
to sing and
cry and feel
"a little
better"
and that's all
we have except
for the company
of the
dead