Life and Death sat down to chat
A cozy pub, a table mat
Life sipped juice, Death chose wine
"You're too morbid," Life did whine

Death just grinned, a bony shrug
"Your cheer is one relentless bug
You skip around, you sing, you spin
Ignoring where it all begins!"

Life retorted, "Oh, please, my friend
I'm the party—you're the end!
People toast me, give me cheers
You? They avoid for years and years!"

Death just chuckled, low and deep
"Yet when they meet me, they all weep
But here's the gag you fail to see
You only matter 'cause of me."

Life grew quiet, furrowed brow
"I'll admit that's true somehow
But without me, what's your deal?
No fears to face, no souls to steal!"

So round they went, the two of them
Debating fate with wit and phlegm
In the end, they clinked their glasses
Both agreed: "We're total badasses."

For Life's the jest, and Death's the punch
A cosmic pair at every lunch
So, laugh a bit while you still can
For Death's the ultimate straight man