The dying comes slowly in this existentialist poem by Julie Allyn Johnson.
Writing by Julie Allen Johnson
Art by Mr. Omar King
death: a progression
A zombie process is a process in its terminated state. This usually happens in a program that has parent-child functions. After a child function has finished execution, it sends an exit status to its parent function. Until the parent function receives and acknowledges the message, the child function remains in a “zombie” state, meaning it has executed but not exited.
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the dying
comes slowly,
accelerating only
when the bereaved
turn away
momentarily,
too many tasks
of the passing-on
to attend to
what is sleep
to the dead
but a respite
from the pain
of those left behind?
a zombie-state
exists, a shadow
place for loved ones,
for those compelled
to draw on
unrelated
recollections
in order to shed
the obligatory tears
every mourner
allotted a private
moment for
farewells,
to settle scores,
quiet
opportunities
for high drama
without
the misdemeanors
About the Author
Julie Allyn Johnson is a sawyer’s daughter from the American Midwest whose current obsession is tackling the rough and tumble sport of quilting and the accumulation of fabric. Her poetry can be found in Star*Line, The Briar Cliff Review, Phantom Kangaroo, Haven Speculative, Penumbric Speculative Fiction, Coffin Bell, The Lake, Chestnut Review and other journals
About the Artist
Omar King is an artist from California, and he is autistic. He makes digital and physical art pieces, mainly of the physical variety, out of cereal boxes and other cardboard. He finds them to be cheaper than the art materials the stores are selling these days. So, he uses Crayons and markers and cardboard, and combines them all together to make a MASTERPIECE!
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