At a funeral, there are those who are in mourning and those who are merely paying their respects. For the close friends and immediate family of the deceased, the occasion is incomparably wretched.
However, for everybody else—acquaintances, associates, friends of friends — a funeral is a dull affair. What song will they play when I die?, one idly wonders while fidgeting with the program.
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