everybody dies but they take turns though
I've never timed any of them, I mean
that no two or more of them die at the same
time if you want to be precise about
it and I doubt that they're born exactly
at the same time, neither, though again I
can't provide any evidence but I
like to believe that everyone gets full
attention from God Almighty when they
enter and when they leave—for example
when they die no two (or more) of them stand
in one place in line in Heaven for God's
judgment, it's all single file, one at a
time, so that if Heaven's anything then
there's no sharing. That's more like Hell, or here.
I DONT WANT TO DIE AND GO TO HELL BUT
Heaven doesn't sound so great, either,
after what I enjoy while still alive
here on Earth, I mean, between Heaven and
Hell maybe, like they say at Sunday School,
anyway I passed a quiz I should have
failed yesterday at regular school and
for lunch we had tacos, the cheese was real
and not that oily sub and on the way
home the bus driver pulled over to let us
buy candy at Mr. Poe's little store
--I asked him if he sold chocolate-covered
ravens but he just said no, he didn't
get it, I guess, maybe that's why he's so
nice. It's sure something not to think about.
Gale Acuff has had poems published in a dozen countries and has authored three books of poetry. He has taught tertiary English courses in the US, PR China, and Palestine.