A Modest Proposal for Getting Past Doomsday

A sage once said that anyone can see the future, provided they don’t care how it will affect them. Most people are terrified by the prospect of death, but there are things far worse—most of them cruel and unnatural. Sensible people are doing what they can to dodge the reaper, but none have a playbook for managing what awaits them in the aftermath. Consider this:

Imagine one morning you wake up, make coffee, switch on your computer and look at the news. In one of the side-banners is an obituary. Oddly the deceased has the same name as you, the same birthday, same date, same year. They have the same address as you, same partner, same everything. Rest in Peace.

A week later, you learn that your late lamented doppelganger has in their will left you all their assets, goods, chattels, and property, real and personal. What do you do?

Answer that question and there is your game-plan. Good luck!

2 thoughts on “A Modest Proposal for Getting Past Doomsday

  1. Pass it all on unless there was an, Ocean Park, Elegie to the Spanish Republic, or perhaps a Franz Kline, in there which i would probably hang up for awhile and then give to the Bearkely Art Museum.

  2. If you’re looking for answer to question posed in your “Modest Proposal”, here’s my answer: Clearly a ‘wake up call’. Look up Bruderhof locations. Dispose of doppelganger’s property and mine, and join the Bruderhof location of choice to serve God for whatever time I have left.

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