Deathwords, LII

Jack the Boxer

The boxer (name was Jack) could punch—

But not so good at blocks.

He took a hook—so deadly, man!—

Jack went home in a box. 

Deathwords, LI

Rueful Roy

The landscape guy—his name was Roy—

All weeds he just attacked.

But then the weeds employed the Mob—

And that’s how Roy got whacked.

Deathwords, L

Luann's Loss

Luann became a novelist—

Just as her family taught.

Depressed—she’d no ideas!—so

She bought the family plot.

Deathwords, XLIX

Gomer’s a Goner

Gomer always dreamed of wheat—oh,

He was such a sleeper.

One day he did not wake up: He’d

Finally met The Reaper. 

Deathwords, XLVIII

Carl’s Cares Are Over

So Carl the Cowboy—bad stampede—

He clutched a fragile branch.

But then it broke, and so did he—

Off to the Marble Ranch. 

Deathwords, XLVII

Sue Ann’s Solution

Sue Ann taught mathematics, and

She had all problems fixed,

But on a cruise—oh, overboard!

And thus she was deep-sixed. 

Deathwords, XLVI

Sal, the Extinct

Sal worked in the museum where

Extinctions earned her bread.

A T. rex tumbled on her—now 

Poor Sal is dodo dead.