About Dead People

A Quatrain poem. Respect for the dead is easier said than done.

Respect dead people and never sleep with them

Don't expect call backs from the dead

Smoking, drinking and deceased in trunks of cars

Are bad habits and probably against the law in Alabama

It is impolite to shoot dead people out of canons

Or drop them from airplanes way up high at midnight

Though they have no fear of flight or need of parachutes

The activities are rude so just don't do it

Dead people belong in cemeteries or in urns

Not meant to be refrigerated in home appliances

Or kept next to the milk and cheese for freshness

They are not good company but make great listeners

Carpool lanes move faster with more bodies in the car

When stopped for speeding dead people come in handy

Place one of them in the driver's seat to get the fine

They don't mind screaming cops or ticketing

Let them rest in peace with or without a seatbelt on

The safest place on Earth to sleep is in the cemetery

Dead people will never hurt you because they are dead

Fear the living because they are alive and kicking heads

Reviews

[Chris Shaw]

Hello Earl. An interesting write full of dark humour. My mind certainly travelled some when reading your lines. Dead people next to the cream and cheese in the fridge is pretty gruesome. Brings to mind some really evil foul play. I've never been one for horror. However there is much truth here. It is the living who should be feared because they have the capacity to inflict huge harm. Sadly once departed from this realm there is nothing to fear from a dead person. Of course if you believe in ghosts that might be different. Have a great day Earl.

Chris

[Earl Schumacker]

Hi Chris, Thank you for your comments. I too hate horror and never watch horror films. Sometimes I have to step outside my comfort zone as a writer and write about everything. I do not have one superstitious bone in my body. I am the ideal person to send into a haunted house to investigate what is real and what is fantasy. Take care. Earl