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Poetry: Death of a child

by Michael Rupp

Created on: January 24, 2009

CHASING DEATH




I often chase death

I track it down

I open the body

Look for clues

Follow the trail

Piece together what happened

You become accustomed to death

We all die

Maybe what I find

At autopsy

Will help the next victim

You become accustomed to death

Except

With a child

Chasing death

In a child

Is

Numbing

Heartbreaking

Painful

Terrifying

All you can see

As you unfold

The child's journey

Is that

She could have been yours

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