03-24-2016, 10:25 PM
Wills
To be among the Late, yet exercise
One’s Will - this, we should closely scrutinize.
For how do dead men hope to realize
In death, what they could never otherwise?
Before his Lateness sets in, no man can
Command the nation to enact his plan
Of distribution to those of his clan
Or to some charity, if he’s a fan.
Yet written, signed and sealed beyond regret,
His Will has force of Law. How did he get
Such privilege from Lords who wouldn’t let
Him, living, smoke a joint or cigarette?
Perhaps this unexpected reverence
For Wills of dead men is a consequence
Of anarchy if heirs fought over pence
And pounds without the Late one’s guiding sense.
Hence Constitutions - of the Late - are fit
For our obedience. Posthumous writ
Holds anarchy at bay, our legal kit
The Late ones’ writings - we just live in it.
After some time spent revising my own Will, I was out walking my doggerel yesterday morning...
To be among the Late, yet exercise
One’s Will - this, we should closely scrutinize.
For how do dead men hope to realize
In death, what they could never otherwise?
Before his Lateness sets in, no man can
Command the nation to enact his plan
Of distribution to those of his clan
Or to some charity, if he’s a fan.
Yet written, signed and sealed beyond regret,
His Will has force of Law. How did he get
Such privilege from Lords who wouldn’t let
Him, living, smoke a joint or cigarette?
Perhaps this unexpected reverence
For Wills of dead men is a consequence
Of anarchy if heirs fought over pence
And pounds without the Late one’s guiding sense.
Hence Constitutions - of the Late - are fit
For our obedience. Posthumous writ
Holds anarchy at bay, our legal kit
The Late ones’ writings - we just live in it.
After some time spent revising my own Will, I was out walking my doggerel yesterday morning...
Non-practicing atheist