Friday, December 17, 2021

the actuary table

is there anyone more slick
and calculated
than the insurance
salesman?
maybe the used car guy,
but the insurance man
has charts and graphs,
numbers, the history of
how it ends for people
of all ages. you need
to prepare for the future,
he says, showing you an
actuary table of how
it's going to end for you.
you don't want to leave
those you love hanging
in the balance, coming
up short on cash when it
comes time to dig a hole,
or turn you into ash.
buy now before
it's too late, trust me,
he says, pushing the contract
across the table.
i've been in this business
a long time, and 
so far no one gets out alive.
it's been a hundred
per cent so far, so what
do you say. sign here.

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