Comfortable
Death Scenarios
1)
Drunk
or doped out of your mind, lying on the bed in some generic cheap
hotel room, you swallow the last barbiturate and wonder what the hell
it was all about. No more pain, just a numb incredulity at the utter
absurdity of the life you lived all those years. Just like Marilyn
Monroe.
You
close your eyes.
2)
I
always imagine my ideal place of departure from existence as an
autumn forest, around late november in the evening.
It's
almost dusk, the gloomy atmosphere is reinforced by the lack of
sunlight, as the sky is covered by a blanket of gray nimbostratus
clouds. You can smell and feel the wetness all around you, in the air
and the decomposing leafy ground beneath your feet. It rained earlier
that day. You are nowhere close to any town or city, so no artificial
lights or sounds besides a slow dribble from the branches of the
trees is to be heard.
You
find a strong old oak with thick bare limbs onto which you hook your
rope. You climb the tree and reminiscent over your life looking at
your calm misty surroundings.
After
a few more deep breaths in the already dark deep forest you put the
noose around your neck and jump down. With a fast crack you pass out
in ecstasy knowing it's all over at last.
my
final breath, at last.
autumn
leaves
my
tomb.
3)
Go
on a long drive out of state until you find a nice place in the
middle of nowhere. Eat a nice meal on the way. Leave your car on the
side of the road, keys in the ignition, and find a nice little place
and wait until sunset with a bottle of booze and a pistol. Blow your
brains out as the sun dips below the horizon. No note, no goodbyes,
no tears, just check out.
4)
High
spot with a nice evening view would be enough for me. Joining local
skydiving club is the best option available, but some tricky bastard
didn't pull the parachute's ring last month, so they started charging
extra $100 for "safety course" and won't allow noobs to
jump without "instructor" from now.
