our dearly departed

bored with the sports

page you turn your attention

to the obituaries

in the metro section

holding the black and white

photos

that look like they were

taken by Mathew Brady.

very boring summaries

of people's lives.

born, raised, kids, jobs,

school,

who's left behind.

he liked to whittle, or she

liked to bake pies.

they were the best people

to ever walk the earth.

yadda yadda yadda.

every one is a saint when

they die.

but the truth is different.

some people were very cranky.

hard to to get along with.

they smelled bad sometimes.

they were cheap

and ungrateful. mean souls

who never smiled.

no one gets up at the end

and says

the truth about them.

the times they kicked the dog,

or lied.

cheated on their taxes

or wives.

no one says

that he or she was a very

strange person,

hard to get along with and

truthfully, i won't give her

a second thought now,

now that she's died.