I live in a high rise apartment on the fifth floor There is a funeral home just across the street Every couple of days I watch through the closed blinds All the cars and people gather to say their goodbyes I never watch from the balcony, I do not want to be seen And I try not to stare
But it always gives me morbid thoughts Sometimes the parking lot is overflowing And there are great crowds of people outside after the services Other times there are not so many cars and people
Is that what it all comes down to? You led a good life if your funeral is standing room only? The longer the procession of cars to the burial site The fuller your life was?
I imagine there will be lots of extra parking at my internment Please forgive my pathos and self pity For I am a schizophrenic hermit who mostly sees the world From the closed blinds of a fifth story window I wonder if it would make any difference For me to know how many people went to my services
I wonder if I will know Or even care If you could go to your own funeral, would you? I have just a glimmer of hope there will be better things to do If I am worthy when the time comes
But what is so funny is the car Almost always parked on the side of the funeral home A white Corvette I hope it is the mortician's car Because oh the irony of a mortician sporting a white Corvette!