The Passing of Arthur
Arthur didn’t want to stay
Much longer on this earth
He’d milked all it had to give
There was lacking now the mirth
He had played each role was offered
Been a father and a mate
He was quite prepared to leave it all
To mother natures fate
He saw no gain in numbers
He had done more than he knew
Already lived a long way past
Some others not a few
So he waited for the verdict
With a calmness that was strange
He felt no need to remonstrate
Or others so derange
The letter hit the carpet
Then pronounced his time of death
There was plenty time to fold it
Before he took his final breath