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Timothy told me
he didn’t want to die
in a flood or some other
water related death
that’s the worst way to go
he said

I laughed and laughed
thought he was a small child
fearing death like a spoiled dog
fears the storm

I told him
the rain will always pour
and if the good lord is willing
our creeks will burst with water
keep the crops in the west
from dying a peasant death

after all
I said
there is nothing left to be
after you’re born except for
dead
so don’t fear the only
conclusion life definitively
gives us