MY OLD
DEAD FRIENDS … DEC 20TH, 2012
BY
JAMES BREDIN
Many of my old friends and companions
are now long dead
There was Milton, Jim, Oliver, Otto,
George, Steve and Fred
They are gone forever now and never
coming back,
Names and faces programmed in my
memories to keep track.
Most of them were not pleased about
dying or how they died,
No assisted suicide for the pain
and anguish as some of them cried,
Though doctors say they can get rid
of all pain, but apparently they can’t,
And I realize of course that this is one terrible rant.
I wouldn’t feel so bad if we had death-with-dignity
for my friends,
But in Canada, we can’t plan this or
change it or even make amends,
It’s what they told Sue
Rodriguez when she tried for assisted suicide,
Her death-with-dignity
ideas and theirs, tended to collide.
DEC 20TH, 2012
