2045 HRS APRIL 1ST 2007

I read

that a man died

in Tokyo.

My first reaction

was,

big fucking deal.

Why would anybody wanna

report something

so insipid?

So I read on.

Difference was

he died 20 years ago.

His skeleton was found

only now.

They realised that

because of a newspaper

dated 20 years ago

next to him,

and also a calendar

marked the same date.

He was found

in an abandoned building

where apparently he lived.

Investigations revealed

he was working

at the building site

and then his company

went bankrupt

and thus,

he was jobless.

Prior to that,

his wife divorced him

and left him homeless,

hence he moved

to the abandoned

building site

where he used to work.

He was in his 50s

at the time

of his death.

Just how

could anybody

be dead

for 20 years

without anyone

knowing?

Surely he spent

almost half his life

as a married man.

Wouldn't his ex-wife

be wondering

what happened

to him?

The man she used

to share her life with?

Do they have children

whom are grown up

by now?

Don't they even care?

How about friends

and relatives?

According to the report,

he was heavily in debt

and they thought

he disappeared.

Won't true friends

wanna know

about his well being

even forgiving

defaulted debt,

for the sake

of friendship?

He cannot be

that bad a guy.

I've never met

a 100% pure bastard

in this world,

neither have I met

a 100% pure angel

either.

We all have our strengths

and weaknessess.

Just why was he

so forgotten

and forsakened?

They suspected

he died

of a heart attack.

For a divorced man,

homeless,

unemployed

and heavily in debt,

running away from friends,

my guess is

he died

of a broken heart