The smell of death outside my door

[tectak]

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I smell death outside my door,
so much stronger than before.
I ask the muse, why? Her reply,
"all things must die she says,
still she loves me as before".

What has her love gotten me,?
“ashes in a moldy sack”, and her why quotes?
love without a dollar-fifty
won’t get me a cup of coffee,
which the doctors say
I can no longer sup, nor the sugar,
nor the cream. I might as well stay asleep,
for I can have that and more in my dreams. Nice.

Hi Dale,
....I'm starting to lose my sense of smell...how lucky are you?

How much did the muse say?
1) All things must die
2) All things must die she says.
3) All things must die she says, still she loves me as before.
Hmmm. It is not clear to me.
Best,
Tectak