White Owl, my mother, was prepared
To make her journey into death.
It was her time she had declared.
She struggled so with earthly breath.
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My husband joined with Second Life,
An online interactive game.
I became the suspicious wife
When his being online became
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Pearl Harbor attacked. I was there.
A blast threw me into the sea.
The fatal fate, I did not share.
My shipmates died, but wihout me.
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A rookie cop in the squad car,
With an older cop on patrol,
Was very gung ho insofar
As keeping tabs on crowd control.
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Nelson Mandela, an old man,
When he walked from the prison walls,
That held him for three decades span,
In silence sending strongest calls,
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A seal was caught in an oil spill.
When found, it was barely alive.
A foundation, out of good will,
Gave the seal the care to survive.
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I can't believe that I am here
In the Oval Office, and am
With the President's eye and ear.
He seems not pleased with me - oh damn!
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My 2 comrades and I were caught
By the enemy as we spied.
Death by firing squad was the lot,
And immediately applied
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llan Ramon, an astronaut,
Was one of Columbia's crew,
That in 2003 was caught
In the tragedy coming true,
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On my bicycle, coasting down
A hill on a back road somewhere.
Suddenly, there's a blur of brown,
And I crash right into a bear.
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