Death Everyday

Death sits a top his moist brain.
It's black letters
fuse with the gray matter,
seeping into
the dark corners
of his thoughts,
taking over his life:
work, friends, conversations.

I know it's all he thinks about.
He's told me so.
I don't know what to do.
I wish I could bring
a noose over to his house.
I know he'd stick
his head into it willingly.
Then I'd drag him
like a dog on a leash
to a psychiatrist's office
where they'd fix him.

"Please drag your
reluctant patient
into bay number three,
we'll have him fixed
and ready to go by noon."

I know it's not that simple.
They can't just power-wash
the black rot of death
from his brain
and then return him
as good as new.

There's the whole
free will thing, but man
you've gotta do something
about this death stuff,
it's killing me.