Terminal brain death, skin pocked by bed sores Mockery of sentience on life support A feeding tube to insert Your last wishes to pervert Dignity denied, an existence to deplore Platitudes and convictions defending life, we'll offer So long as there's no cæsura to bills that fill our coffers Atrophy as muscles wither, alive with decay Pulmonary function maintained by machines everyday Vile secretions are collected Hydrating saline is injected Hopeless is the cause, still we grind away Rest in peace we deny You can have no right to die Diatribes to deny Your amoral right to die A conscienceless will not perceive prolonged suffering Your pale, half-dead corpse employed for a martyring A somnambulist to parade During our right-wing tirade For us, your vegetative state is all empowering You have lost your right to die Right to die