The coffin was heavy, the tears were many,

and the rappers were out in droves.

The eulogy swam at her, in iambic pentameter,

As Lil' Kim smoked a joint with cloves.

The room was dark, save a candle's spark.

Someone screamed, "This weighs a ton!"

The pallbearers buckled and children chuckled,

and out spilled the late Big Pun.

Winter's last joke was suddenly invoked,

as Puffy consoled Mase and Eve.

While Snoop Dog and Dre continued to pray,

Eminem took his chance to leave.

Noriega and Pharoah with Nas and the Sparrow,

Tried to lift the Latin king's flab.

But Method and Redman and Oprah and Steadman

Joked at this eight-legged crab.

The line in the Times, said "the great Busta Rhymes,

and others, bury one of Rap's dead."

Though everyone knew it was long overdue,

when your breakfast is twelve loaves of bread.