Funeral

[71degrees]

Trying to go for something very clear and simple today as I am struggling with clarity in my writing at the moment. There isn't quite enough space for the layout I want here - the long line is meant to be on one line not two if that makes sense.


Funeral

We do not speak.

Car pressing
tongues flat
as the smart black
stuck to our skin.


Returning we burst,
stretch lungs,
let our tongues rattle
joyous shit.

Five minutes from home my brother stops the driver to piss against a roadside tree.

So much we cannot hold.

If you tell me ahead of time that what's here is "something clear and simple," it kind of takes the fun out of a poem and makes me feel stupid b/c I can't see it. I believe you that there is so much we cannot hold as humans, I actually like that line, but it seems your brother takes that literally. Are you going for a lesson here? Nothing to say about the dead? Nobody liked who died? After it's over, you all feel better? Your brother drinks too much before a funeral? He can't wait five minutes to use a bathroom? Sorry, the VERY simple and clear message escapes me. Need more to get a handle on it.