Thanks, Patrick. Not me. Did attend a funeral of family friend recently and
tried to imagine how it might feel while a full requiem mass goes on around
you.
Bill
On Wed, 10 May 2017 at 6:24 PM, Patrick McManus <
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> is this you here Bill sad-beautifully written -simple powerful statements
>
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> On 09/05/2017 21:50, Bill Wootton wrote:
> > Get through this
> > Front pew position
> > surrounded by my boys
> > daughter ready to eulogise
> > All these people at my back
> > I know, I know they care
> > for me, for Deidre
> > But the weight of them
> > First of three priests starting up now
> > Yes, do something
> > Fox head around a little
> > respectful murmuring behind
> > Where's Deidre?
> > Oh, yes, no, that's why they're here
> > because she's not
> > Can't share any more
> > Just me again
> > Like sixty years ago
> > We all die alone
> > But I'm alone now,
> > getting a pre-death taste
> > Stand
> > Sing (is that my voice?)
> > Sit kneel intone familiar words
> > Coffin splash ritual
> > How often have I seen it?
> > But now -
> > My hands, resting on my knees
> > Are they shaking? Deidre ...
> > Four premierships
> > two chairmanships
> > Give them all
> > to touch your hand
> > Stand again. Don't shuffle.
> > Follow casket now. Tread.
> > Absorb attention
> > Look straight ahead
> > to the light
> >
> > bw
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