A Funeral

Death and its mournful tidings Obituaries and eulogies, read Black ties and black veils, all in rows Surround this shell and the open earth The cold, damp wind sashays through and through Memories, half a century old are lost and forgotten A flight of geese overhead, perform a last flyover Victory in death Vestiges of family, say farewell and Godspeed Tomorrow brings colder and damper weather