. . . until Death do you part

                                if you see your vow through do not divorce

one of two is leaving first

inexorably

                   tests ones commitment

married at twentythree his wife twentyone they met three years earlier

                                                                               they were immortal

WHY would they think of Death they wouldnt

 

    he thought he heard something when they each exchanged their vows

                                                                                  a humouredsnort  spasm

Death?

he said Come out come out wherever you are his wife glared at him

 

        Coward

deep sardonic laughter answered his challengesealed his fate

                                                                      Death tortured him

let him live to a ripe old age stripped him of everyfuckingthing he lovedcherished

                                                                                         then slowlydeliberately

rendered him

                 he was onehunredfour

                                       Jah

                                             hed do the same

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