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Humpty Dumpty sat on the wall
Humpty Dumpty sat on the wall, Humpty Dumpty had a great fall
And all the kings’ horses and all the kings’ men couldn’t put Humpty together again.
And such is my plight, having departed, it was Humpty and my destiny
Though Kings Horses and men did not come to my aid, like him my end was to be
Foolish it was to sit on the wall and more foolish to fall as he did
In my case illness and age prevailed, despite all efforts to cure and to rid
I can’t complain at my going, nor do I now know whether I would have wanted to stay
And anyway, now having departed, it’s too late to ponder or to think what could be or what may.
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If I am confusing you don’t worry, I am confusing myself right now
So, let’s get on with the usual at these types of events or whatever they permit or allow
My dearest and nearest, saying goodbye, paying their final respects now that I’ve gone. Some have been in my life for most of their own, and for others more recent or past
but the friendship and love we had for each other continued, and despite distance, did last Let’s give thanks for the joys and happiness life brought to us many a day
My love and best wishes I send to you, a body, now extinguished here lay
About the Author
Keith Stokes-Smith was brought up in Solihull, moving to Worcestershire in 1997. Writing poems came easy to him in his twenties and early thirties.
In 2016, his mother passed away. Two weeks later, on a train journey to London, he belatedly wrote a bespoke poem for her funeral and wrote it as if she had composed it to be read out by her at her funeral; a strange concept you might think. From then on he found himself uncontrollably inspired to write more adopting words spoken by fictitious people of fictitious ages in fictitious circumstances. In essence, he has tried to be in the mind of the reader. His poems may be considered somewhat unique coupled very often with them having a sense of humour.
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