If you hear....

If you hear I'm dying...

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We don't have to talk about that

There isn't really all that much to say

I'm not the type to leave things unsaid

Start the day with a clean slate, is my motto

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There are other topics

Tell me about that rude cab driver

Or even the nice one that opened your door

There are all types of people, they are fascinating

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If you hear I'm dying

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Don't worry about my soul

I really doubt there is such a thing

And if I am wrong, which is possible

Mine is fine, really

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And certainly don't bring God into it

I found him a long time ago

He's ok, but can be a bit of a jerk

And frankly, not that interesting

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If you hear I'm dying

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Send me dirty jokes

Nothing crude of course

Use some judgement

But I do enjoy a clever, rude turn of phrase

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And for a few seconds I won't be thinking about things

It'll be like coming up for air

Start with a priest and a prostitute in a bar

That stuff is always funny

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If you hear I'm dying

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No need to bring up the past

I've already lived that

Tell me about your plans

Where you want to go next summer

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Likely I've never been there

But I have a good imagination

It's taken me places before

And who knows, it may again.

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“Death twitches my ear;

'Live,' he says...

'I'm coming.”

― Virgil

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Should add the note...in r/atheist someone asked what to say to a person coming to the end of their life...I suggested....first try listening

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