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Black ties by the river

Bloodshot eyes with tears to deliver

Sorrow that makes the heart quiver

Her last diagnosis, the fever

And jaundice from the liver

Now death is a winner

Mother doubles over in grief

Brother’s fist clenched in disbelief

Step mother tries to hide her relief

Sister wonders, he came like a thief

Her beauty’s gone cold stiff

Death’s sting has cut deep.

Dreams in which she died were best

This she constantly confessed

"We live in a mad world,"

So she said

Truly she was blessed

Her body floats downstream

Their silent thoughts, a loud scream

Mother bawls and shrieks

Branches sway and creek

Brother plots revenge and thinks

A soft dirge sends her off.

©davyvivaldi 2012