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Commuter Funeral Subway Ride

We all gathered together in the Home Going of Harold Smiley The story of life in a previous daily ride But on this day, a deceased body traveling in the stride A funeral will take place with Coffin and all The Family gathered in the subway car, and they are all standing tall The subway ride with words about the deceased Meanwhile, the subway car has made several station stops and the passenger volume has increased Other commuters looked on Yet some felt they didn’t belong Imagine a Coffin with a Funeral Director and Family aboard One could only say, “Oh my Lord” The reason for a funeral on the subway, it was the request of the deceased The Cemetery was 10 subway stops down At Sweet Chariot Cemetery, it would be the burial bound But the subway car was silent with no one making a sound The only sound was the subway car wheels The whole subway funeral ride felt more like a movie reel Yet this was for real A decreased one from a commuter subway ride in living been But the journey has concluded with a final end.

Copyright © | Year Posted 2016




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