Thursday, May 13, 2010

quiet among fresh mounds

quiet among
fresh mounds
and
plastic flowers:

from shacks
next to the
cemetery
i hear
a baby
cry.


the rim
of the hole is
polished copper and
green velvet:

grotesque

against the pine coffin,
the rope handles,
the silhouettes of mourners,

afterall, he is a believer.

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