Last Man Standing
When you outlive your friends
they get off better than you do.
They don't have to face the madness
with no one to vent to, no one
with whom to laugh at the absurdity
of it all, no one to offer example and
assurance that not everyone is mad,
no one to provide a possibility that
madness doesn't last forever.
When you outlive your friends
you get stuck with the check
and the last laugh is theirs.
--Charles Deemer
When you outlive your friends
they get off better than you do.
They don't have to face the madness
with no one to vent to, no one
with whom to laugh at the absurdity
of it all, no one to offer example and
assurance that not everyone is mad,
no one to provide a possibility that
madness doesn't last forever.
When you outlive your friends
you get stuck with the check
and the last laugh is theirs.
--Charles Deemer
