Wednesday 1 February 2017

...of a post-suicide

…Krist, there they go again. Can’t do anything without them looking over your shoulder. What the hell business is it of theirs what you do with your life? You work your butt off, give them half your money - give? they take it and if you try to do anything about it they throw you in jail for that too. How in the hell can it be illegal to take your own life? What horseshit. What pure, unadulterated horseshit. A felony! Can you believe it, a felony to kill yourself… or at least to attempt it and fail. And if you do fail they lock you up. Can you believe that? They lock you up. Wonder what they do if you succeed? Take your corpse to court before they bury you?
    Is it true that you killed yourself dead?
                ‘ . . . ’
    The accused is ordered to answer the courts question.
                ‘ . . . ’
    If you continue to refuse you will be declared in contempt of this court.
                ‘ . . . ’
    Very well then, you will be remanded to the county jail and held in custody until you indicate to the court that you are ready to answer the court/s questions. Can you believe that? A felony to take your own life. The only thing you have that is truly your own and they tell you what you can and can not do with it. You have to live whether you like it or not…

[Waiting Period, Selby Jr., H.]

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