A TIMELY POEM ABOUT UNTIMELY DEATH

often heard is the expression
"an untimely death"
compelling me to ask
is there ever a good time to die?

despite the somber topic
an air of hilarity
in the hypothetical opposite:
Joe or Jane So and So
enjoyed a timely death

as if some of us wake up one morning
exclaiming "Yes that's it!
I'd like to pass on ten years from now
November 3^rd to be exact
which will give me plenty of time
to pay off the mortgage
send the kids through college
go on a few trips”

ruling out suicide
imagine that individual's disappointment
when come the chosen day
they're still very much alive

would this then constitute an untimely survival?

© 2002 Chris Sorrenti