<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=543955" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>A Wake In the Barrio</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">Funeral wakes in our barrio<br>Are simple but picturesque</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Amidst boiling cauldrons of<br>Rice porridge with strips of tripes</div><div style="margin:10px 0">A gathering of mourners intone their grief<br>While downing jugs of native grog</div><div style="margin:10px 0">The sakla master shuffles the deck<br>Cards bearing luck not auguring death</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Children past bedtime hours scaring<br>Each other while hiding under the casket</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Wilted floral wreaths line up the walls<br>Like sentinels with nauseous breaths</div><div style="margin:10px 0">The honored one somber in slumber<br>Indifferent to the homage paid him</div><div style="margin:10px 0">The widow worries about the collection<br>Fingers the knotted hankie bulging with coins</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Will there be enough to pay in the morrow<br>The brass band engaged to liven the sorrow? </div><div style="margin:10px 0">Oh, but her eldest will arrive from LA tonight<br>Bringing US aid, then there's nothing to fear</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Picture yourself behind the coffin's misted glass<br>A life well led but ended with trifling ceremony</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Funeral wakes in the barrio will always be the same<br>As if I care, but I wish they can do better on my turn.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Eddie+Roa">Eddie Roa</a><div class=q> <img src="https://www.citatepedia.ro/g/32share.png" style="float:left" alt="Share"> <script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=citatepedia" async="async"></script><div style="display:inline-block" class="addthis_sharing_toolbox" data-url="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=543955" data-title="A Wake In the Barrio de Eddie Roa" data-description="Funeral wakes in our barrio Are simple but picturesque Amidst boiling cauldrons of Rice porridge with strips of tripes A gathering of mourners intone their grief While downing jugs of native grog The sakla master shuffles the deck Cards bearing..."></div> </div> </div>

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