Dying is a Hard Journey

 Dying is a Hard Journey

By Mike Garofalo

Dying is such a depressing waste
    a wasting away of dignity
        facing the firing squad of some disease
            your own body murders you with ease
                twenty names for your miseries.

    Can't hide in the woods or city,
Dying spares no home, nor has any pity.

Dying can be over instantly
        in an hour, month, season, or years.
Dying can be around the corner
        or in a house in south Spokane.
Dying ends with an open-mouthed-sigh.
      Dying and Death, the Faces of Janus.
      Dying is Death's Emissary, both liars.

Dying and I shared a final toast;
Before She finally released my ghost.

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