cousin lauro need not complain <br />about obituaries <br />i am tired of his myriad pretenses <br />this time he says he does not know the address <br />neither the time of the funeral, <br />baloney, i sent him the notice two days ago <br />when he said he was in Tacloban attending <br />to a business meeting, urgent as it was, <br />now his baby is sick <br />but alberto's funeral pushes through <br />in the rain, black umbrellas open <br />lauro is not here again <br />perhaps, he is dead, somehow, we wish <br />for his uncalled for <br />indifference.<br /><br />RIC S. BASTASA<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/notification-of-the-death-of-alberto/
