Suppose I Told You

Mar 21 2011 Filed in: Jims Poems
Suppose I Told You
 
Suppose I told you
You would die today,
And that I
Would also die today?
 
Would you read anything sinister
Into my comment,
Or assume my dying
Had anything to do
With your dying?
 
Would you even believe me?
And would death mean to you
What it means to me,
And dying mean to you
What it means to me,
 
For death and dying
Are not the same.
And I’m not sure which
I fear more.
 
Suppose I told you
You would die today,
And I would not?
Would you stop
To ask for details,
Or would you run from me,
Quickly,
As if panicked by a dog?
 
But have no fear.
I don’t know
If you will die today,
And if I did,
I would lie about it.