for a time
i was an undertaker
who toiled into the night
mitigating death
keeping the unpleasant details
out of the loved one’s sight
in the years since
people still come to me
in times of grief
to help prepare them for what is to come
to be a guide when someone has died
but i am at a loss
as to what
the proper form of condolence is
when a rock god has gone to the sky
so here’s what i’m going to do
light a candle
get drunk
piss myself
and cry
listen to his songs
deep into the night
then wake up tomorrow morning
pick up my punk pen and guitar
and
fucking write
write
write