Funeral

The mocking is shocking Aunty Mavis stopped rocking Then mourners were flocking A cavalcade blocking The streets of South Dorking Rumours and talking Like vultures out squawking Proportionate baulking Reputation ignoring So boring, I'm snoring The eulogy diction Precise in it's fiction The perfect life stitched on Close the sale, get the pitch done Now the coffin is sliding The red curtain slow gliding Velvet box soon residing On a mantle piece hiding It's a travesty clearly Distant relatives merely Hanging round for a number Pass the bread and cucumber Social etiquette blunder Now poor Mave is asunder The circus is closing Uncle Sid is left dozing With sandwiches curling The world keeps on whirling Lesson learned: be a spender Be a builder, defender A love fight contender Not reciever, but sender All that thrift doesn't render A relationship mender Remember, remember God decides where to send ya When it's goodnight Vienna Sam Scott 24th September 2023