Just wrote this! My first poem for Thursday September 8 2022 I DON"T GO TO FUNERALS Jill

[jill stockinger]

I Don’t Go To Funerals     by Jill Stockinger

 

Perhaps the meaning of life

is nonexistent;

perhaps the meaning of life

exists only in the living of it;

how can it exist

after death?

Enough of this hallowing

of the dead.

I’d rather feed the squirrels

or march in protest

of the latest stupidity

or write a poem;

anything but stand around

with a dead body in the room.

Even yours.

Especially yours.

 

 

 

 

 

[Marian Kile]

Jill,

this gave be a nice chuckle!

At first I was concerned about it being a body in the room, but I realized with the title we know it is not a memorial service, it is an actual funeral.

But literal me, feels the standing is out of place in a funeral - usual those we sit at - except sometimes at graveside services.  Maybe consider something like "anything but being in a room with a dead body."  That probably changes the cadence. 

Marian Kile

916-217-1053 Cell

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