For the funeral lunch ladies

by Maryann Corbett in the March 9, 2022 issue

Already they have begun to fade away,

having resigned themselves to the nearness of death
and its bad habit of haunting parish halls.

Praise their unshakable faith in the coffee line,
the laden buffet, the table of baked desserts,

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