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Death for Glory
by Morris Thomas
It was a dark night, as Jack sped down the street
it poured as he approached where the two roads meet.
he paid no attention to the red light there,
and sped on ignorant of the car horn's blare.
It was too late when he saw the car's headlights.
and there, that at that intersection, Jack ended his life.
Next morning was when, Jack's body was found.
pinned under his truck, driven into the ground.
His death possessed neither fame nor glory,
but his life got transformed into a success story:
Jack had never been much liked by his peers.
everyday he endured their cold-hearted jeers.
You see, Jack was new, he had moved from his home
where he had real friends, to where he was alone.
Jack however, was not a perfect saint.
he drank, and smoked, and even huffed paint.
he himself had many vices indeed,
and the warnings they voiced, he did not heed.
Now that we've established what Jack was like,
lets describe what they would say and write.
The kids who had ridiculed him tried to repent
they wrote praising the place where he went.
"We'll miss you" was what they wrote to him.
They said "You'll be in our hearts 'til the end".
His classmates were torn, and everyone wept.
"In our memories is where you'll always be kept."
This is what, the majority would pledge.
but months later none held his face in their heads.
They grieved and cried, with great pain and great sorrow.
but failed to realise they would forget him tomorrow.
they grieved for young Jack all throughout that day.
and magically, all his sins faded away.
none talked about the smack that was found in his trunk,
but instead they spoke of how he didn't flunk.
the fact that his death was none's fault but his own
was quietly forgotten when his picture was shown.
and after all of this Jack's story was clear.
"Jack was perfect" is what everyone would hear.
Now you see that, no matter how gory.
When life is cut short, death can become glory.
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