hes been asked three times to “say
a few words” at a funeral
to address mourning family and
friendsacquaintances is not to say a few words every word the recitation people hang on them
he wanted to say No
We know “they” would be so very
happy that you spoke on “their” behalf. Few knew “them” better than you.
he knew their perverse sides let them
speak freely withheld judgment
he was intimate
he wanted to say
No
looking into their glassyteared eyes Id be honoured
honour encapsulates a eulogy
late Middle English from medieval Latin eulogium eulogia from Greek influenced by Latin elogium “inscription on a
tomb” from Greek elegia elegy
a poem of serious reflection a
lament
lament for the dead
from French lamenter Latin lamentari from lamenta(plural) weeping wailing
when he spoke he was unable to invoke the expectedprescribed weeping or wailing
the House
howled
he was irreverenthilarious mourners wiped tears from their eyes
with flourished handkerchiefs tears from
laughter
it was standup
he stoodup his dead friendswho they werewhy he loved them ridiculouslyridiculing how they were misunderstood by their audiences
1022, Twosday,
5 7. 22
Animals Don’t Let Me Be Misunderstood https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YMDrTMnm1IE
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