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I think it's fine as it is. It's trading funny for poignanncy
Except the last panel isn't poignant either. Like I said, it's useless. It would be just as poignant without it, and if they had actually written a punchline, it could have been funny too.
You have a point, the last panel adds nothing. But for most readers it doesn't make it worse.
But it doesn't make it better for anyone, and it does make it worse for the rest of us, so...