FUNERAL BLUES <br /> <br />Amidst peals of laughter <br />they bury their father <br /> <br /> <br />up to his neck in sand <br /> <br /> <br />A starfish at a jaunty angle <br />atop his head <br /> <br />a row of seashells <br />that double as buttons <br /> <br />as if it were a suit of sand <br />he could undo