I went to his funeral today. There were at least 300 people there. I felt oddly calm, and resigned. I went to 1st thursday afterwards, and said a short haiku about him on the spur of the moment. I really liked the 1st thursday atmosphere, especially the pieces written by some of the people who participated, I'll definitely be back.
Haiku
Dante left today,
There's no point in crying now,
He is in heaven.
It isn't very good, but hopefully it's accurate.