how's the weather in Pakistan

the man

on the phone wants my

social

security number,

my address

and bank account numbers

my birth date,

the names of my children,

i hesitate,

and wonder why he needs

all of this

personal information.

he's selling

funeral insurance, 

final expense whole life

insurance

for burial or cremation,

i tell him

cremation

would be nice

he agrees and says, it's cheaper.

i ask him

how the weather is in Pakistan?

thing go downhill

from there.