my mother told me
when she went to the funeral
of her dear, lifelong friend
after the eulogy
and before they let her down
two men approached the coffin
and stripped off
the handles for the pallbearers,
and gathered them into a pile nearby
i thought it was the cheapness
that bothered me,
(but they're right
the coffin will never be carried again)
it's the finality.
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