Emotions for a Neighbor's Rose

No tears fell at mother's funeral
As the tired children were taken
away, you warmly frowned at
their nervous young attendant.

Your wife left you several years
before, and you promptly
forgot her, she became some relic
of history's cracked palms.

Then, do not cry,
When you see a celebrity die,
tragic or not, those emotions
are best served for those
much less beautiful.