A Husband's Last Request Of A Loving Wife Poem by Richard J.P. O'Grady

Inspired by the funeral of Sir Norman Buchan MP

I do not want him there
or him, him or him.
Revenge is a sweet dish
best served up quite cold.

What could be colder
amongst all my friends,
mingling, smiling,
patronising - there.

My dear you must promise
to stop them from coming,
in writing preferably
to make the point clear.

I can only rest easy
secure at the last
knowing those crocodiles
cannot be there

Please see this for me,
my final request.
Do this I ask of you;
I thank you my dear.