No Laughing Matter by LisaMay Flash Fiction contest entry |
How very inappropriate, she thinks to herself, standing solemnly by her sister Enid’s graveside, with the other mourners behind her. She arrived from London just yesterday, and is tired and distressed. It is important to her that her sister’s burial should be treated with sombre respect, without these ignorant people laughing rudely amongst themselves. The minister begins again, continuing with his prayer after being interrupted. However, he has to stop once more. More cackling and chortling – that imbecile laughter is even louder this time. The cheek of it! No respect. Everything she’d heard was true. Australians are dreadful! No sense of occasion. Where's the respect? Mavis turns, prim with clenched admonition, to Enid’s husband. Jacko smiles wistfully and whispers to her, “Enid fed those kookaburras every day on our balcony, so they must’ve come to say goodbye and pay their respects to her.”
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