" ODE TO A LIFE" : WHETHER SQUIRREL, BFF, OR MAN, EVEN ALIEN, ALL FIT THE PLAN"}:LIGHT THE LITES. HOIST THE SAIL. CANCEL ALL FUTURE MAIL..NO TIME LEFT TO SUBSCRIBE. NO MORE ROCKING JIVE. FINALLY ARRIVED..PUSH OR SHOVE..CLEAR THE PATH ABOVE..WITH UR EAR DOWN TO THE GROUND.EVEN IF UR FALLING DOWN. OH SUCH A DISTINCTIVE SOUND..YOU'VE BEEN FOUND..BY FATHER TIME'S HOUND..HIS BARK SO LOUDLY RESOUNDS. CALLING ROLL FOR THE FINALE..LIKE A SUPER ROAD RALLY..NOT A MOMENT TO DALLY. STANDING TALL, LIKE A ROCK..CARVED OUT OF GRANITE BLOCK. STRIKE UP THE BAND..THERES NO ROOM LEFT TO STAND..ALL ABORAD, THIS MAGIC CARPET RIDE..TAKING THE SOULS OF THOSE WHO DIED..THE NITE'S STILL YOUNG..GATES CLOSING FAST,THE HARP'S STRUNG..SEE U ON THE OTHER SIDE..U KNOW I NEVER LIED..I'VE GOT MY PRIDE..IF THIS TALE'S COME TRUE, U KNOW I'VE DIED..WHEN NUMBERS FAIL..WHEN HEARTS BREAK APART..WHEN BODIES FAIL..WHEN EVERYTHING COMES TO NO AVAIL.. FIND THE SCHEDULE FOR THE NEXT RAIL..THAT'S THE MAGIC CARPET RIDING THIS RAIL..TAKING SOULS OF THOSE THAT FAIL..FAIL LIFES FINAL TEST..ALWAYS TO FINISH 2ND BEST..IF THERE DOES EXIST ANOTHER SIDE..BEYOND THIS WORLD,AT THE END OF THIS RIDE. THEN, ALL IS NOT IN VAIN.. PERHAPS ONE WILL START AGAIN.. TILL THEN..ADIOS..