Perish the Thought

There was the body. There was
The note. All you had to do
Was call it in. The body,

However, was still breathing.
Now what? All you had to do
Was call it in. You shook it

By the shoulders, called to it,
Tried to wake it up yourself,
No luck. All you had to do

But you didn’t. You waited
Alone with it to see what
Would happen, and finally

You gave up. You called it in.
In the hospital, the drugs
Jolted the thought back to life.