GOOD MORNING CAPTAIN!

A Novel by Doug Burgum

A DYING LAMENT

By Doug Burgum

As he reached the Gates of St Peter,
An old man stopped him there.
"What of life upon the Earth, my friend,
Were we anything, but fair?"
"Oh fair you were, old man," he said
"To bring me to my end.
In life, I suffered one regret -
I was only her God-damn friend!"