The Human Condition

On Monday he died.
A few heard of it and were shocked but not surprised.

On Tuesday
A newspaper noted his passing.

On Wednesday
There was a small service and some people came.

On Friday
They buried or burned him at the beginning of a long weekend.

On Saturday
They went to the beach, doped, drank, fornicated, had a "good time."

On Sunday
With headaches, a few went to a bar and one remembered a line of a poem.

He would have understood perfectly the "human condition."