I GRINNED AT MR. GRIM

Original works by RE (Raghad Elwali)

"I GRINNED AT MR. GRIM"

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The grim reaper enters the room

I state you will stay for tea I assume

He is flabbergasted and his face dim as the moon

You invite me for drinks must you be a loon

I say is it because you believe death is an unwanted visitor I presume

He says yes

I say to that notion to hell or in my case to heaven - for you are the free vacation I’ve been dreaming of going on soon

His face illustrates disbelief

The grim reaper exits the room

He comes back in and sits me down

His face coloured with a rather striking frown

You know death is not a beauty lounge

I reply yes that is beknownst but that is not the full picture

Have you never opened in your pitch black hands a holy scripture

And read and read

And fed yourself the knowledge that it is not the worst thing to be dead

Yet it is a beginning

A new life - a new love - a new experience

And I am sorry at your reaction to mine -

Death and I just tend to see eye to eye and neither you nor my loved ones will keep me from my demise

For death is the unwanted visitor I’ve been wanting to surprise.

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