From James Lileks, via Newhouse News:
“What’s that? Right, right, your funeral. You want to know. Oh, next week, next month, hard to say. There’s the usual jostling for power right now. Odd, really: In this democratic, egalitarian nation, the only man you saw fit to follow happened to be your brother. What are the chances of that, eh? Most people in America don’t know a thing about him. `Another Castro?’ the Americans think. `They had a spare?’
Fontova for the hammer.
Lileks for the nails.
Someone got a coffin?
Too bad he forgot to write the epilogue about how millions of people will travel from all over the world just to spit on his grave.
I will travel to piss and crap on his grave, spitting on it is too bland for what the bastard deserves.
The guy’s a poet. A fantastic, gorgeous, luminous essay! I loved it!
Naw I dont feel like exposing myelf to the corpse, I’d rather paint him up like a clown and put high heels on him.