Just in case
you hear of my demise
perhaps
a piano caught me under it
by surprise or
a measly microbe
cut me down mid-stride or
if lucky
I never woke up from
a better dream or
even luckier
I bid adieu
by the wave of my own hand.
Just in case,
you get that phone call or email or
read of it in the back pages
of the local paper,
this is just to say
I’m fine with it.
