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Final Fingerprint

last breath -
comes
and
goes
uniquely.

August 15, 2009 in Death, Poetry | Permalink

Nick

I woke before dawn today. My thoughts were on a young man who died just about a year ago. I had delivered the eulogy in his memorial service, and in that delivery his death became part of my life. I have never forgotten him. His Facebook page is still active and I found myself there just a moment ago looking at the pictures, the friends, and the plans. He is frozen in this technological place, always just about ready to graduate from college. The organic process of decay and disintigration have no hold in this digital world. He appears so amazingly alive! Yet, he is dead. Yes, he is dead. I never knew him living, but I miss him all the same.

November 07, 2007 in Death | Permalink

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