Cheapest sympathies.

CHEAPEST SYMPATHIES.
sneak.

So sad to hear the news today.
How empty you must feel.
A stunning sense of hopelessness -
fights to keep things real.
I dedicate my thoughts to you -
and all that know such pain.
Belated in your tolerance.
Reluctance took the blame.
For this could mean the end for you.
I sense you know the score.
Devastated silence -
slowly creeps beneath the door.
I turn my face towards you.
I tremble by your side.
I question your reality.
Is it true, she hasn't died?
As senile as dementia.
Her iron rod of awe.
They wheel her out at parties -
to talk about the war.
Yeah, Maggie is still breathing.
We'll mourn the tragic cost.
Nineteen eighty never.
Their youth forever lost.

snk