Dead Resident

Dead Resident

© by Bud Lemire on Sept 27, 2017

When the newspapers start piling up by the door

And there's an odor that is too hard to ignore

Someone could have passed away

Possibly last week, or the other day

Who would know, if someone passed away

They could be in their apartment, in a state of decay

It might be someone that you know

That you haven't seen in a day or so

What happened in their place

For them not to have shown their face

Who would know what happened there

There must be someone who would care

Let's check in on Lou today

Maybe he has gone away

Mary might be home tonight

It's 10 PM and there's no light

It's hard to know where everyone might be

Some sort of “Buddy Check” might be the key

There will always be those that we don't know

Who they are, and where they go

I wonder how their last days were spent

When someone turns up as a Dead Resident

In an apartment place, there will always be people

passing away. It was their time to go, most likely.

But when you haven't seen anyone in awhile, it might

be a good idea to bring it to someone's attention. So

they can easily check on that person just to be sure

they are okay. Everybody needs someone to check on

them. I have two people I know who would be calling

everywhere to check on me if I wasn't seen in awhile.

Everyone should have someone checking on them. If

not, they need to have someone do that. A “Buddy Check”

is in need for those who don't have one.