How will they remember you?

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If I am remembered for only one thing
I want it to be how my words sting
how they bring meaning from an empty bottle
of poison, now pushing down on the throttle
stop! the child shouts. The driver ignores.
The engine roars. They hear ambulance doors.
The driver can hardly keep his hands steady
Why? He asks, is this coffin so heavy.

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