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Comment author: NancyLebovitz 22 July 2013 05:23:05PM 11 points [-]

Death Sucks 99

Say you are old, beloved, ninety-nine,
Descendants, partners, and the best of friends,
Garlanded with achievement, all that's fine,
Along comes death and there the whole thing ends...

Now you are gone and everyone will grieve,
And that still sucks like granite through a straw!
It was your very life you had to leave,
If it was good, the better cause for more.

It makes me hopping mad it's so unfair
That everybody has to die and go.
We build a future that we will not share,
Work for a world that we can never know.

Enjoy life while you can, and share the feast.
We all should live a thousand years at least.

--Jo Walton

Comment author: bramflakes 22 July 2013 10:24:06PM 8 points [-]

My Granddad died today at the tragically young age of 72. This is basically what I was thinking but I couldn't articulate it to anyone.

Thanks.

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