Abstract
First cries
Provoke
First inquiries:
How much? How long?
7 pounds, 21 inches
But how long?
75 years, maybe 80.
Based on the NCHS,
It's an educated guess.
In the shadow of today is
Someday
A recall to the earth, a second
Birth
Whereupon Thanatos enshrines,
Yields to
Tellurian demise,
Death.
The young grow old,
Their worlds metamorphose
From metropolis to necropolis,
With the hospital
In limbo
To the sarcophagus.
New tumor
Elicits
New cries with
Melancholic humor:
How much? How long?
Stage 4, prognosis poor
But how long?
Days to weeks.
Based on the PPS,
It's an educated guess.
One may be a pro
At gnosis
But prognosis of
Apoptosis
Requires more than
Noesis.
No thesis
Can account for
The days to be counted for
One who knows they are numbered.
Do not fear:
Though the Styx runs deep,
To cross, just sleep.
Your loved ones surround,
You can hear every sound,
Charon is here.