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Book 12 Page 28
Famous last words
The famous last words on the dying lips of Augustus were,
“Et Too Brutes!”
The last words of General Custards were,
“Carry on men regardless.”
The last word of the Buddha was,
“Hello,”
Being in the 'forever NOW,' he tended to get his goodbye’s and hello’s mixed up.
The last words of Jesus were strangely similar to the Buddha, he said,
“I’ll see you latter.”
The last words of the dying tree were,
Don’t be silly, trees don’t speak!
But the last word the tree heard was,
“Timber!”
The last words of the average person are as wise as any,
and are usually the words,
“I love you.”
The last words on a persons dying lips
Often sum up their whole life’s meaning.
© Written by Dominic John Gill www.poetry.net.au ominicj7@poetry.net.au 31/12/99