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Martin Eden

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12. Please don't bury me down in the cold cold ground

Sat Jan 11, 2025, 07:01 AM

Jan 2025

No, I'd druther have 'em cut me up and pass me all around.

Perhaps only John Prine could write a song so macabre, yet so funny and joyful -- but you, H2O Man, rival him in this essay with sprinkles of family love on top.

If some of our spirit still resides in the remains of our corporeal body, is it not better for those particles to be spread on the grounds around the family home than lie buried remotely for occasional visitation?

You've given me food for thought as to what I'll put in my last will and testicle.

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