Life & Death - Maxims (serial google poem)

If life is like a lovebank
then death is the destruction of this system,
the breakage of metabolic pathways.

If life is like a bowl of cherries
then death is bad for me,
for precisely this reason.

If life is like a box of chocolates
then death is natural; death is normal.

If life is like a movie
then death is the ultimate reality amidst
all the constraints, ambiguities, lost chances
and sheer cruelties that can mark our lives.

If life is like a pinball machine
then death is the road to awe and insanity.

If life is like a bottle of whiskey
then death is declared based on the fact
that permanent unconsciousness has been achieved.

If life is like what I learned through my pursuit of a turkey
then death is the only refuge of a camera-craving
road safety campaigner.

If life is like an iceberg
then death is a bit of a rarity.

If life is like a road
then death is also part of the package.

If life is like high school
then death is a blessing.

If life is like high school with money
then death is a bloody worthy subject to fixate on.

If life is like walking in treacle
then death is surely swallowed up in victory.

If life is like the salesman
then death is its night clerk.

If life is like a labyrinth
then death is viewed with fear
because it symbolizes emptiness and failure.

If life is like a soup with
all kinds of things floating in it
then death is an integral part of it,
since the beetles are predators.

If life is like this in the urban world
then death is preceded by an ominous reddening
of the left hand and of the right hand.

Should really take loot at then now.