Saturday, March 6, 2010

memorial service

it should not be so bad - a life well lived, an end to pain, certain welcome to a better place, but it is of course. the humors will swirl and spill in despite of our logic.

i recognize, not for the first time, the debt i owe to ritual and liturgy. there is comfort in the form and the words that lend strength, as there is dignity that is unexpectedly acquired in enforced restraint.

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