It isn't necessary to imagine the world ending in fire or ice; there are two other possibilities: one is paperwork, read more

It isn't necessary to imagine the world ending in fire or ice; there are two other possibilities: one is paperwork, and the other is nostalgia.

Do not seek death.
Death will find you.
But seek the road which
makes death a fulfillment.

Do not seek death.
Death will find you.
But seek the road which
makes death a fulfillment.

Until the day of his death, no man can be sure of his courage.

Until the day of his death, no man can be sure of his courage.

The worst of all diseases is a nervous ability.

The worst of all diseases is a nervous ability.

To you who have never died, may I say: Welcome to the world!.

To you who have never died, may I say: Welcome to the world!.

Death does not concern us, because as long as we exist, death is not here. And when it does come, read more

Death does not concern us, because as long as we exist, death is not here. And when it does come, we no longer exist.

MUFFLED CADENCE
The sound of shot.
The roar of gun.
Thy will be done
blares the drum.
The sudden shock.
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MUFFLED CADENCE
The sound of shot.
The roar of gun.
Thy will be done
blares the drum.
The sudden shock.
The news farflung.
Thy will be done
beats the drum.
The hour of grief.
The darkened sun.
Thy will be done
rolls the drum.
The sound of shot.
The grave begun.
Thy will be done
mourns the drum.
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by N Marshall Bertsch
(N Marshall Bertsch is a Republican who was profoundly
griefstricken by the assassination of John F Kennedy).

When one by one our ties are torn, and friend from friend is snatched forlorn; When man is left alone read more

When one by one our ties are torn, and friend from friend is snatched forlorn; When man is left alone to mourn, oh! then how sweet it is to die!.

In this world, nothing is certain but death and taxes.

In this world, nothing is certain but death and taxes.