Janne Teller,
a Danish novelist
of Austrian-German background,
wrote the line,
“From the moment we are born,
we begin to die.”
I, poet,
think to myself,
only a Danish novelist
of Austrian-German background
could possibly conceive of a line
that fucking morbid.
The following line should simply read,
“Why not avoid the protracted suffering
and slit your wrists, the proper way, now?”
Death was my business for many years,
Ms. Janne “I-Need-Zoloft” Teller.
I am pleased to inform you,
there is a prolonged period
between birth and death
which we warm blooded humans
refer to as, “life,”
and it is nothing short
of miraculous.