it seems in fairy tales,
and government reports,
no one ever dies,
change health care,
look at the lives saved,
a story book ending,
happy ever after,
stand up to cancer,
find a cure,
and save a billion lives,
fairy tales,
so the obituaries I read are only make believe,
the funerals I attend,
only religious bullshit,
opium for the masses,
there are no bodies in the caskets,
those lives already saved,
read the government reports,
at least,
read the fairy tales,
with endings so fine.
Douglas Polk