Cenotaph

He thought her temperament was cautionary To match her figure so aviary But he saw her in a rage When someone rattled her cage He said: Hyperborean silent treatment We will discover your little secret If the fates allow It’s too cold for cocoa, that won’t save you now She said: I guess that I could cooperate But first let me stipulate There will be no questions until the end Patience is a loyal friend I didn’t know where he would be I guess that I just got lucky When I found him by the coast I pulled out my pistol upon my approach I said: There are five holes in your head And you use every one of them So let me make one more A rigid body lined the shore The waves must have carried him away And laid him down to a watery grave A cenotaph was built Where there ain’t no body, there ain’t no guilt We are gathered here today I thought I heard the pastor say And then I left the scene Not fear not boredom, maybe somewhere in between And if I have learned one thing From all of my ramblings It’s that in some movies, no one cries Some things are just empty inside Some things are just empty inside