Last words (retraction)
Earlier today I wrote a schmaltzy poem about last words, published it, and later this same day, retracted it. Why? Because it occured to me that in most cases, if not all, last words are not terribly profound and if memorable, only because someone has given them meaning they didn't have to begin with. I personally hate to think that I would know that I am uttering my last words and since I most likely won't know, it is probable that they will be as trivial as most everything I say on a regular basis. If I were unfortunate enough to know that I was speaking my last words, I would be so shitting scared that they'd likely be not much more than garbled gibberish interlaced with my wracking sobs. I hope that the former is the case for me. Trivial, nonsensical, who cares? I'll be dead.