The dead do not need<br />aspirin or<br />sorrow,<br />I suppose.<br />but they might need<br />rain.<br />not shoes<br />but a place to<br />walk.<br />not cigarettes,<br />they tell us,<br />but a place to <br />burn.<br />or we're told:<br />space and a place to <br />fly<br />might be the<br />same.<br />the dead don't need <br />me.<br />nor do the<br />living.<br />but the dead might need<br />each<br />other.<br />in fact, the dead might need<br />everything we<br />need<br />and<br />we need so much<br />if we only knew<br />what it<br />was.<br />it is<br />probably<br />everything<br />and we will all<br />probably die<br />trying to get<br />it<br />or die<br />because we<br />don't get<br />it.<br />I hope<br />you will understand<br />when I am dead<br />I got <br />as much<br />as<br />possible.