Too Many Obituaries
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They keep on telling me That someone died As if expecting me To be surprised. Especially they love To witter on The famous names, Apparently I should be More alarmed to see Celebrities in graves, Though people perish Every day, Justly, unjustly, Early, late, Intentionally Or by mistake, And still they love To celebrate Those famous names And beg us to forget That one death And the next Are just the same.
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Poem Study Notes:I'm not a political person, but maybe I'm a communist when it comes to death. Equal in death if not in life etc. But I'm over-reacting of course - I only wrote this poem because I was going through a Twitter phase and feeling very confused by the way twitter-land handles celebrity deaths ... you almost get the feeling people are just itching for the next celeb to pop their clogs just so they can use it for marketing purposes, political agenda or just to get a few more followers. Of course I know I'm just as bad as everyone else. I guess we're all attention seekers - and twitter exaggerates that. My only saving grace is that I can promise you that I have never once said that I was 'shocked and saddened' about anything.
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