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When I Die

when i die, what shame can i have?
do not take the blame, neither all the shame
you may bury my body with dignity
a coffin made of mahogany
with a glass cover and white carnations
all over my body
there will be a make-up of my face
like i am a freshman of
a class A university,
but i pity you for that will be too expensive
to add the parish priest's fees
and the the food and prayers
plus the songs of the choir
and the cost of candles
not to count the wreath
and the drinks

oh, you will be buried in debt and you will have
all the hard earned years to pay,

so, take it easy, it is more for our advantage
that i will not die or you perhaps

but i have no shame
and i take no blame & grrr
i don't care about what people say

if you die
i will make you a coffin of coconut wood
sprinkle your body with flowers from the grass
that i can pick along the goat's paths

i can pray and sing myself
no one eats snacks and i will not invite the parish priest,
hire no choir or buy ready made wreaths
for i know and you know that these will be very expensive
and i have no money or if i have some
i will not spend a cent
for all these no-sense rituals
useless prayers and out-of-tune choirs

so we will take it easy now,
you can't take it? then fake it

let us live and just be ourselves
let us survive all these
or suffer those consequences.

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