Weekly Expressions #23 Joe

Hi, I'm death, and welcome to the afterlife. Sorry for not bringing any beverages. I heard about your arrival too late to fix anything special, so....yeah. Not at my best, forgive me for that one. *sigh* Oh, hey! I wrote a little poem to introduce myself with. You're in for a treat! *takes out paper* Ahem.

I am but the voice inside of you, little girl.
Allow me to induct you into my world,
A world where your imagination's boundaries are nonexistent.
There lies a frightening sensation sublime.

Entranced by this new fascination,
I bid thee welcome into my mind.
What dangers or fortune await you there,
Is only shown through curious rhyme.

In short, I am the darkness,
The type that dare not live in light.
But my beautiful surroundings,
On which I build my kingdom,
Would send you into desperate flight.

Where are my manners?
Excuse me, please.
I hope I didn't confuse you
With uncertain unease.

*crumples up paper* I am death, as I've said before. This isn't my first choice of appearance, I must say, but apparently you envisioned my visage to look this way. Being your first time down here, I didn't want to disappoint your expectations. Though I must inform you that this grey does nothing for me. I'm more a suit and tie type of fellow. Crisp! Clean! Sleek! Well, since you've come, why don't I show you around. Ah! Here we are.

Forgive the mess. I mean, it's not necessarily criminal to have a nearly, dead world. Then again, this is the afterlife, so you must realize it will appear still. No movement from any of the clients. There's not a peep out of them, for sure. Honestly, though. I always wanted things to die down, but I never expected them to take it literally in the other world. Oy vey. Eesh, it's depressingly nice to have more bodies. Oops! I spaced out there, forgive me. Moving on.

If you step right over here with me, you'll view a bridge in sight. See it? Yes. That one right over there, by the tall decaying pieces of ladder, or side posts for the bridge. The path before you, my dear, is where your end of the line resides. I promise you, there will be no pain....weeeell, maybe a tingly feeling'll pass through you. but that will only happen for a few seconds. It's not like it'll be a great unnerving pain, or anything of that sort. Just "poof", and your qualifications to be officially dead will be sealed. Lock, stock, and barrel.

Unsure? What, you didn't have enough time to think it over beforehand? Too bad, deary! Good lord, why do people have to be so indecisive. Here I am, thinking this day couldn't get any worse. You know how hard it is to hang out with dead people? It's awkward, truly. I never get anybody to talk to except..*sound of a phone ringing*.....Hello? The boss? What does his cloudiness want now? Oh. Really? Let me get this straight, she's "not" going to die, 'cause it's not HER time? And there was a prayer involved, huh? Catholic? Presbyterian? Muslim? Hindu? Mormon? Freaking Canadians, it was one of them, wasn't it?!! Always the Canadians! Not a day goe...hold on. Just a simple prayer...okay. I'll give her the message. Yeah, tell him to say hi to the wife and kids for me, alright bub? Aye. Thank you, then. *hangs up phone*

Turns out somebody up there likes you....down here maybe...or midway in the verse somewhere, well that's what I got from it. In other words, you're free to leave. I'm serious, you can live it up now. Live it up? Pfft hehehe. That's funny. You know, this was all a bit too short for my liking. We didn't even get have a decent palaver. *thundering sound rumbles the dead land* Okay! Okay! *looks up at sky shaking fist* I hope I didn't startle you in any way. But hey, did you have some fun at least? Like I said, it was short, I mean, I haven't even showed you the restaurants that I own here that are also in your world. Fast food's a killer. It's been a sincere pleasure. Yup, it definitely has. *snaps fingers* See ya!