House of Life

Members of the House of Life
elect not to die in virtuality.

When our bodies are failing
unlike most men and women

we revert to reality
open our eyes on the room

its blur of unfamiliar edges
sounds, ethylene gusts.

Call it a craze for the authentic
the tug of the real, brought

home to the world we’re leaving 
for good; game of life over.

@ianjmclachlan