Bollocks!

"Death is nothing at all.
I have just slipped into the next room."
- Henry Scott Holland

Sorry to be less than comforting
but all is not well.
He is not sleeping
and has not just slipped into the next room.

He's gone.

He won't be back
to watch you weep
or hear you sing.
His death is a permanent thing.

But do stop all the clocks
if you're so inclined
or celebrate his going
if he was less than kind.

Think "Just desserts.
He had it coming."

Indeed,
if he was a bastard who
has now received
what he was due

be glad!

He can't return
to badger you.

Holland

Auden