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The Last Suicide
Sunday, June 17,2001
The Paintsville Herald
Paintsville, Kentucky
"Kentucky State Police Troopers Billy Meade and Paul Estep responded to 180 Arrowhead Estates in Staffordsville Wednesday,
June 13, to investigate the possible sucide of the homeowner. When they arrived, they found Francis June DeArmonde dead in
her home."
Francis was my sister. I did not understand why she killed herself then and still don't. She had it all, or so we thought.
I can only hope that from her death on, it will be .....
THE LAST SUICIDE
The last song she will hear,
the fading light of a night so clear,
the crying over, thank God at last,
the darkening of the heavens mask,
the grave patiently is at wait,
the men in black at the gate,
the bones laid out in eerie pose,
the pungent smell of a once red rose,
I look to my own soul and wonder if saved,
I reach down and pull myself from my grave!
Forever
Dying
Before
you I appear
As
dead, lifeless sprawl
That
you turn with
Your
shoe, examining
Each
scar, assessing
Every
promise of
Dying
hope.
I
do not flip back
As
your toe pokes,
For
I know many
Ways
to be dead.
You
smile coldly
At
my demise as
Bird
does the worm,
Quickly
digesting life.
I
remain quiet, keeping
My
death sacred
While
gently
You
tug at your laces.
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