WHEN DEATH BIRTHS LIFE

When Death Births Life

How does one
celebrate
when a great man
dies

Note
I said great
not good
for often nothing
is as great
as cruelty

When the wolf Adolphus
bit the bullet
did falling stars 
uncover happy hearts

Did the vodka flow
when Uncle Joe
seizured off this mortal coil

And when the heart no one thought
the General had
popped
was there dancing from border to border

The life-long labor pains of death
in these great men
was torture for millions
their great deaths
was the birth of joy
for generations

Remember the pain
mourn the tortured lost
celebrate the joy

April 24, 2018
Tressa Lee Breen

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