I only went because I had to. <br />I knew it would be a circus. <br />He drove his yellow Porsche down to the lake, <br />Left his wife lying on the sofa watching TV, <br />Left his kids playing computers in their rooms, <br />Went out on the skiff drinking with his buddies. <br />He should have known it was shallow. <br />People were wading. <br />He dove off the boat anyway. <br />Everyone was in shock <br />So I didn’t say what I was thinking.<br /><br />Michael Philips<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/the-idiot-s-funeral/
