Premature Epitaph for a Skeptic

_How come Denis dead so soon

Through poking of the borax

The only clue a crooked spoon

Lodged firmly in his thorax._

by Gavin East, from Top of the Morning Book of Epitaphs, ed Brian Edwards, Tandem Press, Auckland, 1998.

We thank the author and editor for permission to reproduce this item, and offer our apologies to Denis Dutton for not consulting him first....