David Fewster

ON READING "JAPANESE DEATH POEMS: WRITTEN BY

ZEN MONKS AND HAIKU POETS ON THE VERGE OF DEATH"

AND THINKING UP ALL THE PROFOUND SHIT I'M GOING TO SAY

TO ALL MY FRIENDS, FAMILY AND DISCIPLES RIGHT BEFORE I CROAK

ONLY TO REALIZE THAT WHEN THE MOMENT ACTUALLY CAME

IT WAS PROBABLY GOING TO COME OUT SOMETHING LIKE THIS:

Well,

this sort of

bites.