Comic #3590: a-tree

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Panel 1: "When I'm buried, I want a tree planted above my body."

Panel 2: "Over a lifetime of bad health decisions, I've filled my body with heavy metals, like cadmium and lead."

Panel 3: "When the tree reaches down into my corpse, it'll suck up those subtle poisons."

Panel 4: "The tree will fruit, and children will gather around to feast upon its bounty."

Panel 5: "Ha. Hahaha! Hahahaha!"

Panel 6: "Ahahahahahahaha!"

Panel 7: "I think we're going to have you cremated."

Panel 8: "Please spread my ashes in the air-recirculator of a plane."

(Credit: smbc-comics.com)