We just want you to know, John, that those animals you've known, who've moved beyond the veils of time and space:

    Were forever changed by your love,

         are all alive and well, and 

              they've banded together to ask me a favor…

that I make sure you get this message. 

Bark, meow, chirp, ergle -

   The Universe

John, near-death experiences have always fascinated me. 

Forever changed, John... you have that effect on people, too. And trees. Shrubbery's completely different, though.