a lumber saw
took his leg
lost all his teeth
to crystal meth
took back his pride
with a three foot Steck
Big Easy Loop
wrapped around his neck
and with a note
to the funeral home
one last request
before the body's shown
no hymns no prayers
no liturgy
just lay him naked
for all the world to see
the warrior's creed
writ cross his chest
tattooed in black
like a royal crest
"don't need forgiveness
if you don't believe in sin
don't need an army
when you've got the will to win"
as his life
slowly slipped away
his eyes went black
and his mind went grey
into a vision
of the great beyond
past the silent waters
and the rosy dawn
he saw a unicorn
and a candy-cane
from the Teddy Bear Picnic
on Gumdrop Lane
where the magic elves
hammer night and day
making pull string dolls
out of souls who say
"don't need forgiveness
if you don't believe in sin
don't need an army
when you've got the will to win"
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