Over Easter Dinner
by Richard Ballon


... and I bought
two beautiful dresses
for you to bury me in.

-And you wore them
to two weddings.

...Such a disgrace!
But you, you insisted.
How would you feel
if someone showed up
dressed for death
at your wedding?

-They said
you never looked better.






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