DECAYED

Bringing a body
back to life requires
loud music and intense
concentration.  Controlled

breathing also helps.
But decayed
logic can have
the opposite effect,

resulting in the
election of a
Republican to office.
What goes up

doesn't necessarily
have to come down.

OH, YES

The small rain
down can rain
anytime it wants
as far as I'm

concerned.  I've
got an umbrella,
and I know how
to use it.  Don't

try me if you
don't have time
to try harder
next time.  Oh,

yes, there will
be a next time.

AMAZING

There are countries
in this world
(doubt this at
your own risk)

in which a
particular man
or woman is
designated a

king or queen
on the basis
of the simple
act of being

born.  I find
this amazing.

NEXT TO LAST

The little horse that
trots up with a
letter in its mouth
gallops into the

flame with what
little's left of
choice versus chance.
We know this and

are here.  A lamp
goes out in the
window of a house
we have been staring

at for what will soon
seem like ages.

EMILY

When we're in too
much of a hurry
to stop for death,
death removes

another day or two
from our lives.  Or
words to that effect.
Emily's at her

window again,
gazing down on
life.  When we look
up to wave at

her, she pretends
not to see us.

FAME

Because there isn't
enough time for
people to notice
me anymore,

I take the precaution
of noticing myself
in a small hand
mirror I keep

in a cabinet
inside the utility
closet.  Changes I
observe in who I

am are recorded
in my day planner.

PARTIALLY IMMORTAL

A man's discovery
after death that his
soul was only partially
immortal results in

posthumous health
problems.  I read about
a man in Alaska who
had to wait until

spring to be buried.
The ground was too
icy cold to greet
him.  I shiver

just thinking
about it.