Silence

When returning home
from a walk one day,
A cruiser sailed passed
going my way.
It quickly came to a halt
not too far ahead.
And by the pig's waltz
the injured was dead.
In the street the cop
and a silent medic met.
He acted out a charade
that I will never forget.
This signal confirmed
What I'd already known.
For within the house he pointed to
I lived all alone!
I picked up the pace
and ran through the door.
Upon entry to my abode,
a new-found horror.
A blood-soaked sheet
o'er a human form
An obvious new roommate
to a hell-bound dorm.
And though I practically stood
right in everyone's way
I was thoroughly ignored,
I was not kept at bay.
As a matter of fact,
They all passed me by.
And as I looked back
I came to find out why.
When the coroner finally
pulled back the sheet,
the cadaver was all I could see.
that thing on the stretcher...
...the dead man...
was ME!

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