Sometimes I have trouble
falling asleep at night
as I try to figure out
for my last will and testament
who will sing aloud
Leonard Cohen’s Hallelujah
at my memorial.
And I wonder if it is
too much to dare
to ask all the attendees
to join in on the chorus
even though my fear
is that not one person
will be in attendance
since I am the youngest
in my circle of friends
and my only child died
over thirty years ago.
copyright © 2022 Kenneth P. Gurney
Umflop 
I have the same fear, having no children and also being the youngest in my circle of friends. And most of my family being dead.
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