TERMINAL VELOCITY: A Near-Death Reflection

    Speed increasing
    to .97 maximal velocity.
    Time and space expanding.
    Frame of reference
    approaching zero singularity.

    Heartbeat slowing.
    Brainwave activity out of range.
    Metabolic rate marginal.
    Neuro-electrical activity
    reaching a flat state.

    Condition appears terminal.
    Decoupling energy manifolds.
    Matter containment systems failing
    life support on hold.


Ron:   (chuckling) This dude is terminal!

Lex:   Aren't we all?

Ron:   Hey! Lighten up!

Linda: (nodding) Yeah. Who wants to be reminded of their demise?


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from _Last Poems: Lost Poems_ by T Newfields
SUMMARY:  Thoughts on time, oblivion, and merger. 
KEYWORDS:  Death, Terminal State, Flatline Condition, Dying, SF, Final Speed, Light Velocity
 
Author: T Newfields [Nitta Hirou / Huáng Yuèwǔ] (b. 1955 - )
Begun: 1995 in Shizuoka, Japan ✠ Finished: 2021 in Yokohama, Japan
Creative Commons License: Attribution. {{CC-BY-4.0}}  

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