Epitaphs

Here lies the body
of Jonathan Blake
Stepped on the gas
Instead of the brake.

The tombstone of an accident victim in a Uniontown, Pennsylvania cemetery

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Here lays Butch,
We planted him raw.
He was quick on the trigger,
But slow on the draw.

A tombstone in a Silver City, Nevada, cemetery

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Reader if cash thou art
In want of any
Dig 4 feet deep
And thou wilt find a Penny.

John Penny’s epitaph in the Wimborne, England, cemetery

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The children of Israel wanted bread
And the Lord sent them manna.
Old clerk Wallace wanted a wife,
And the Devil sent him Anna.

The tombstone of Anna Wallace in a Ribbesford, England, cemetery

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Here lies the body of our Anna
Done to death by a banana
It wasn’t the fruit that laid her low
But the skin of the thing that made her go.

The tombstone of Anna Hopewell in Enosburg Falls, Vermont

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Tom Smith is dead, and here he lies,
Nobody laughs and nobody cries;
Where his soul’s gone, or how it fares,
Nobody knows and nobody cares.

On a tombstone dated 1742 in Newbury, England

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Here lies Ann Mann,
Who lived an old maid
But died an old Mann.

December 8, 1767

The tombstone of Ann Mann in London, England
 
Here's the one I always used to figure I'd end up with:

Here lies the body of Ecks McZee,
several parts of which were never used
for their intended purpose.
 
As the case when he was livin
he died with zero fucks given
with a last breath, and a final fuck you,
he closed his eyes,
and let the devil take his due.
 
My mortal frame in dust doth lie-
Frailty born must frailly die.
Consider, then, your lifetime too:
A breath, then death awaits for you.
 
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