MY CHOICE

I want my body in ice
Where it’ll survive harshness

In a bed of cold liquid
It will last

Up to the end of time
Enshrouded in freshness

Far from cremation
And the tomb

There is no heaven
Hell stays a legend

The future for me
Lies in the frost

While others decompose
Becoming bones

Turning into dust
Back to the earth

Time will tell
Whether I’ll survive

Cocooned in ice
Marooned in age


SURVEY
What do you want to happen to your body after you die?

1: Do you want to be cremated?
2: Do you want to be buried?
3:Do you want to be frozen?

You must explain why you are doing it.

SAVING HENRY

Henry is a dummy
With plastic skin
And placid eyes

At five thirty he died
By five thirty one
He was lifted onto the ice bath

We didn’t want to send him
To dummy heaven
If it ever existed

We did compressions
Put his head in ice
And an IV line in his arm

Medications went in
Flowing through his blood
And stopped free radicals

Ice bags around his body
Kept the temperature down
While oxygen

Went into his lungs
Saving the brain
Keeping grey matter fresh

IMAGINE

Imagine a frozen Jesus Christ
Lying in a tank
While we all pray to him
For our sins

Frozen Jesus lives forever
Like a real God ever does
But he’s the coolest king
Of creation and all

The pope kneels in front of our saviour
Who looks at him
From his cool container
Amidst the frost

Frozen Jesus reigns from cryonics heaven
Full of vitrification liquid
Ready to come back on Judgment day
And expiate our sins

In his future kingdom
Achieved with the highest technology
Of the far away future
Doing justice to our saviour

Praise our frozen Lord
Let’s hope his future realm
Brings peace and harmony
To our imaginary world