“Untimely Descent” a poem by the Bard of Murdock

It’s Sunday and today’s poem by The Bard of Murdock has fun with a sad mishap involving caskets. The Bard originally published his poem on Saturday, August 18, 2012. Please be sure to read the article linked by the Bard before reading the poem.

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Untimely Descent

Article link: Michigan family receives $80G for casket spill

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Ellnora Jones was flesh and bones,

Awaiting her interment,

Until the fall that mussed her pall

By sudden downward movement.

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The undertaker couldn’t make her

Way without disaster,

So Ella’s bones were mixed with stones

In transit to the pastor.

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Her favorite son had just begun

To conquer loss and mourning,

When he beheld his mother felled

That grey November morning.

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The funeral staff that made the gaffe

Were lacking in contrition

For their mistake, the coffin break,

And Ella’s new position.

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But nothing heals the way one feels

Quite like the role of claimant,

And forcing those who caused your woes

Into substantial payment.

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The final charge was eighty large

For such an awful blunder,

When Ella downed upon the ground

Instead of further under.

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My goal is to produce poetical cartoons. I try to use metaphors and caricatures (or a politician’s own words) to address complex political and social situations. In this way, I sum up current events in humorous verse.