Death From a Salesman
by Daniel Guy “Good morning madam I’m selling suicide notepaper Yes, I tell you All your trouble and strife is over None of that caper with pills or razor-blades Life – take it from me I know the ropes You see, I make people stationary Here’s a sample of my work Inside this envelope Is a very nice card with : GOODBYE CRUEL WORLD Embossed in gold across the front And inside, well Let me read it out: ‘Show me mercy when you hear About my suicide But had the world been good to me I may have never died Red roses please, upon my grave And violets of blue Forget-me not, for I kill myself Forever loving you’ Beneath this ode is a dotted line On which you sign, and when that’s done You slip the card inside this deadly envelope Deadly, for the gum upon the flap Is laced with strychnine One lick and fate is sealed Once licked, you the correspondence corpse Need only find a mantelpiece. Are you interested at all?”