SIDS babies are the smart ones, they exit early <br /> <br />Adolescents step between cars for a quick out, <br />or drown in a neighbor’s pool <br /> <br />Teens have the most options with drugs, alcohol, <br />Anorexia, fast cars and access to guns <br /> <br />Middle-years get to pick from hundreds of prescription drugs, breast/ovarian/prostate cancers or a plethora other diseases <br /> <br />Elders get to have strokes, heart attacks, diabetes and the like <br /> <br />Suicide slow or fast… <br />No matter, as Death has great patience<br /><br />Ray Lucero<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/suicide-slow-or-fast/