Ted is dead <br />We just received the apologies <br />For any disruption in communications <br />That may have occurred <br />Between Heaven and Earth <br /> <br />First it was his dog <br />She was sixteen going on <br />One hundred and twelve <br />Her tumors had become laced with <br />Salmonella peanut butter and pistachios <br /> <br />The sickness of old age <br />Began eating at her fragile nerves <br />Devouring her tofu belly <br />Therein diminishing the odds <br />Of any possible return <br /> <br />Ted is dead <br />Ted’s dog is dead <br />Ted’s poem is dead <br />But…Ted is survived by his words <br />From a past life as a political junkie <br /> <br />T.S.2009 ©<br /><br />Ted Sheridan<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/ted-is-dead-or-in-the-very-least-decomposing-2/
