Margaret Thatcher’s Funeral

2/15/21

Brianna Tarson and the Brooklyn Nets
dodged a bullet
when they played hooky to Maragret Thatcher’s funeral.

Guns came in and ruined it all,
the children lost in St. Vincent Du Paul,
and their teary-eyed whispers haunting it all.

A preschool graduation skirt,
ripped in fucking half,
with holes right in there.

Name addressed to Ms. Tarson —
teary-eyes dedicated to her mom;
Dad watches Brooklyn Nets.

They drop the crate in the sand —
her body instantly distilled to glass —
would she have been top of class?

Guess it don’t matter,
churn the memories and change the channel,
a gun dealer market: canceled.

Sure that’ll solve the problems,
just take the color out the blood,
burn tears into steam up above.

And change the channel to something more literal
like Maragret Thatcher’s funeral.