NO TEARS
by John T. Baker
I do not want your tears
When comes my time to go;
A little wine (champagne is fine)
Will be more apropos.

And then I'd much prefer
A funeral quite small,
With flowers few (rosebuds will do),
Pallbearers? . . . none at all.

The service should be short,
The music never sad;
Some Bach to start . . . of course Mozart . . .
Vivaldi? . . . I'll be glad.

I wish no eulogy,
No mournful sacrament;
Some comments terse . . . a bit of verse . . .
And I shall be content.