CAUTION TO THE END — by Steve Nadis
It’s Memorial Day, so it’s natural that ones thoughts might turn to death. I’ve thought for instance of the former South Korean president who killed himself by jumping off a cliff. Not to make light of the situation, but one thing about the story, as reported in the press, strikes me as odd. They say the guy was accompanied by his bodyguard, as he ascended the hill that he eventually went careening off. You might wonder why he felt the need to bring the bodyguard along. Maybe he didn’t want any harm to come to himself.
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It is strange how they keep men on death row on suicide watch–and those intending suicide on assassination watch. I think it goes back to the idea that our death, the manner of it, is the only thing ultimately under our control, even if that control itself doesn’t really have any meaning. Topic for a poem, I should think. Can I bring “different dimensions” and string theory into this? Help me out, here, Snake!
Not sure if I can help, but I like the ideas here… –S