Charged Twice.... [ Funeral With A Twist; Death Expenses; My Response To Tom Allport's Comment On My ' Fun-Eral' Poem; Very Short] Poem by Bri Edwards

Charged Twice.... [ Funeral With A Twist; Death Expenses; My Response To Tom Allport's Comment On My ' Fun-Eral' Poem; Very Short]

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Comfortably in my casket I was resting.
Then Tom Allport said: 'arise', [only jesting].
But, to Tom's, and Valsa's, and Stuart's surprise,
I jumped straight up three feet or more. I tell YOU no lies.

It was like I'd been shot from a cannon aimed up at the sky.
I can't explain how it felt, but it felt good; why shall I try?
It was only a temporary arising, but it sure felt nice.
The funeral home noted it well, & charged twice.

(June 9th, 2017)

Friday, June 9, 2017
Topic(s) of this poem: death,humour,shopping,short
POET'S NOTES ABOUT THE POEM
Thanks, again, Tom, for the inspiration. it WAS comfortable in the box, but the 'arising' was fantastic! !

bri :)
COMMENTS OF THE POEM
Tom Allport 10 June 2017

a very very funny write and like the following saying's go you can't keep a good man down? (so true?) or a good deed done is better than non? ................wonderfullywellwrittenSirBri?

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B.m. Biswas 11 June 2017

Very interesting but unless one would not know the context of this poem would be fail to swing with its humour..... Thanks.... S. Nurul.

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Lyn Paul 05 August 2017

Love how you are always sharing laughter. Thank You Bri

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Kim Barney 10 July 2017

I had to laugh at that last line. Very funny. Thanks for making my day.

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Akhtar Jawad 03 July 2017

Bri can extract the juice of fun from the hardest fruits.

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Loke Kok Yee 24 June 2017

Afraid I cannot agree with Valsa, I firmly believed that the procession passed a sweet young thing and her perfume was the cause of your rising.

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Valsa George 18 June 2017

Now I read both the poems once more and read your reply to my comment on Fun Eral...! Had a hearty laugh! I don't think it was a miracle as the raising of Lazarus by Christ...! In all probability as the funeral procession was passing to the cremation house, you must have 'smelt' an ice cream vendor. (With the lid of the coffin shut, you might not have seen him.) ....! Now I regret the tears shed in vain....! You deserve to be charged twice!

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