When I am no longer here
Do not stand up
and say mealy mouthed
How this or that I was as a person
If you have not told me this
to my face.
Do not lie and say that
You will miss me
If you have not kept in contact
By phone
By email
By letter
By prayer
By radio
By visiting
I was here all the time
Sending messages and receiving none
noting my invitiations were ignored
Do not stand up and wipe away false tears
What use is that to me
Did you ever see my real ones?
Do not come in all your funeral finery
To spout your empty speeches
I will not be able to hear you
So
save
your
breath