one should not attempt to
kill himself
in a harrowing bid to do
nothing more than good deeds
for such questionably unselfish act
frankly
reflects from society
just what it bleeds
in a word
carelessness
jerks no longer have the corner market
on it now
or so it seems
so in short
don't be a jerk
and life will putter on along
fishing happily for her dreams..........
(Nov. 27, 1998)