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Not Invited to My Funeral 
A work in progress

My in-law on the other side
Their white boots
Mean young man at grocery store check out
Driver in white truck tailgating on intersection of route 12 and 101 going north
Teenage student flipping me off
Man complaining that none of the staff in McDonalds speaks English
Facebookers who post and don’t react to anyone else’s
People who play devil’s advocate and say it
People who say I’m only joking when they make a racist comment
People who think Jew = Zionist
People who put XYZ after LGBTQ
People who don’t care if they make other people ill
People whose first thought of the morning is cheerful
People who say I’m worried about (so and so) when they mean themselves
People who say I don’t worry about getting cancer
People who do get cancer and call it a gift
People who don’t have digestive problems
People who remember where they left their keys
People who don’t complain about drafts
People who don’t complain about rock music in restaurants
People who don’t complain
Parents who lie
Teachers who lie
People who say I hate children
People who say their books write themselves
Me