Paperwork

My husband died just recently And I am in a tizzy The paperwork that needs be done Is making me quite dizzy So many people should be told About his sad departing And ‘though my pain is quite immense My troubles are just starting To first arrange the funeral Is really quite dramatic The Undertaker must be called Which really is traumatic And then the Wake must be arranged To satisfy the living Providing all the guests with food As comfort they’ll be giving The Bank must promptly be informed And then there is his pension Along with any Benefits Are things that I should mention Car insurance, driving licence United Utilities With Water Rates and Energy And all such facilities All the charge cards must be paid And leave my balance dwindling They need be done in fullest time Lest I be ‘done’ for swindling His Bus Pass needs be cancelled too Along with all subscriptions Then to the Chemist I must go Returning his prescriptions The telephone should be transferred Into my name re-listed The Council then need be informed Community Charge subsisted The Life Insurance must be claimed Because I need it quickly My waning balance worries me Oh dear, I feel quite sickly And then the worst of all this stuff Those Tax Returns are scary The tax man doesn’t like mistakes Which leaves me kinda wary O help me, help me if you can In this I’m surely drowning My darling won’t you please come back And stop my brow from frowning But maybe in a year or two When all this ‘stuff’ has ended I’ll thus begin to live again With broken heart then mended