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Original poem reprinted online here:  "Two Bourbons Past the Funeral" by Andrew Hudgins Originally read: January 24, 2013 More information about the Poet:  Andrew Hudgins In the beginning of the poem, I noted the "we."  The speaker and another person are "enjoying" a bourbon after a funeral.  I didn't note this from the first read -- the word "old" is repeated and mentioned four times in the poem, "old books of the old poet, past old now, and another old poet fumbled / to his favorite poem." Now, whatever the case, past me found the first line funny, "I find this funny in a relatable [six] way -- the focus is not on who died, but what to do after -- drink perhaps."  The humor is further compounded with the repetition of old and the speaker and the old man fumbling to find the right poem. The turn in the poem happens in the first simile, "his voice reverent / and sure, until he caught on a word / like a coat on a barb...