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Gunslinger
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since 1999-10-09
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0 posted 2020-01-24 11:38 PM


Headstones tell a story-
Memorials or such-
They are often sentimental-
And heart strings truly touch.

I guess that I will have one…
When I finally die;
But write the truth upon it
Don’t shame me with a lie.

I think about my brother-
And the stone there at his head.
Although I dearly loved him-
I’m grieved by what is said…

“Friend to all who knew him”
That simply is not so.
I fear he was a bully-
And I should surely know.

Unfaithful to his family-
Abusive to his friends.
A drunkard without caution
That’s how his story ends.

He went and got entangled
Between a man and wife…
His drinking and aggression
Cost the man his life.

So do me one small favor-
When it comes my time to die.
Let me write my epitaph-
Don’t shame me with a lie!

My name…I guess, and date of birth-
And then the day I die.
“He minded his own business-
So, now just let him lie.”



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Michael
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1 posted 2020-03-02 02:20 PM


Love this one John.  People have a way of not letting one mind his own business in life, I hope to find peace in death myself.
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