today i died another lingering death
from this god-forsaken ravaged lonely heart
friends and family have all gathered
for the bargain-basement funeral pyre
each one casting cut-out cardboard memories
of imagined broken vows into the dwindling flames
their tears seem somehow manufactured
as though procured in bulk containers at some special wholesale rate
for use on exactly such occasions as today
everyone concurs in just the proper subdued fashion
all decked out in their appropriate attire
"how truly sad that he is gone !" and "may he finally rest in peace !"
these and other hollow phrases echo thin and tinny midst the acrid smoky haze
those who have attended now recede from the crematory site
as the quickly fading embers shift and settle into empty ash and dust
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