The Remarkable Objectivity of Your Old Friends

    We did right by your death and went out，

    Right away， to a public place to drink，

    To be with each other， to face it.

    We called other friends——the ones

    Your mother hadn't called——and told them

    What you had decided， and some said

    What you did was right； it was the thing

    You wanted and we'd just have to live

    With that， that your life had been one

    Long misery and they could see why you

    Had chosen that， no matter what any of us

    Thought about it， and anyway， one said，

    Most of us abandoned each other a long

    Time ago and we'd have to face that

    If we had any hope of getting it right.