funeral poem #1

funeral poem #1

like most of the nation – even much
of the world – I was glued to the tube
watching (rather, participating in)
the final message mccain orchestrated
for our country’s survival: cooperation
compromise respect putting democracy
above self why can we not learn this
lesson so basic to our lives? thank you
john for your words your example
and using your death as our final gift

©2018 Jacqueline Jackson

This article appears in Sep 13-19, 2018.