Home To Death –  Stoke, forbearer of a death wish, hater of life, does not romanticize death. There is no illusion, no delusion as to what death is. There is no lust for death. death is not capitalized. Stoke desires what death is for the sentient, the end of consciousness. Nothing more. Inevitable death is embraced by Stoke, if not eagerly or expectantly or patiently, then at least stoically. Stoke knows in death there is not anything. The turtle seeks a home more than anything. And if it can’t be found in life, then the turtle will seek it in death. It is the one hope that the turtle has. Though Stoke will not even concede to the turtle a home not of this world. For death is not a home or a house or a shelter or heaven or hell or a resting place or a reprieve or darkness or coldness or numbness.  The only comfort is that the dead don’t know they aren’t going home. – Zachary