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Open Poetry #20

Gravedigger's Soliloquy

RSEvans
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since 1999-10-23

Posts 1147
Tulsa, OK, USA

0 posted 2002-04-27 10:49 AM

A gravedigger perched over shallow hole,
  He let a sigh and wiped his brow.
No one would think or ever know
  Who this soul in the box was now.
It could be a statesman rich with land
  Or a peasant too poor to roam
But was undoubtedly coiled in God's hand
  And was now in its final home.
He mused to guess what was in the box
  A child, a woman or man?
He need not open it, there were no locks
  He was a guessing man.
The box was long, not wide but tall
  And it was not ornately done
He guessed it wasn't a child at all
  But a much taller thinner someone.
Most women died with heirs to pay
  For funeral expense and mourn.
This box was not handled this way
  There were no markings shorn.
A criminal maybe or poor man perhaps
  The box contained a mystery
Maybe even a herder dressed in chaps
  Or a figure from recent history.
It mattered not, for the worms didn't care
  He would be manna for their feast
All left would be just bone and hair
  And noone would mind in the least.
Still the passing of a soul, no matter the cause
  Was reason within the reason
For those passing by to take pause
  And be thankful for another season.

Chivalry is not dead. I saw it coughing up lung butter last night, but it was still alive. I think it has parvo.

Magnus

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since 2001-10-10

Posts 14135
South Carolina, USA

1 posted 2002-04-27 11:13 AM

Nicely done...yes, such a mystery within
the confines of a box...holding perhaps
so much history...

Seymour Tabin
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since 1999-07-07

Posts 31720
Tamarac Fla

2 posted 2002-04-27 11:43 AM

RSWells,
An entertaining read, enjoyed

Sunshine

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since 1999-06-25

Posts 63354
Listening to every heart

3 posted 2002-04-27 11:47 AM

Amen.

Mistletoe Angel

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since 2000-12-17

Posts 32816
Portland, Oregon

4 posted 2002-04-27 01:22 PM

(tears fall down my cheeks) Amen!!! (big hugggsssss) Oh Rob, this is soooooo wonderful and compassionately expressed, sweet friend, God Bless You, we all love you so much! You have such a beautiful heart, sweet Rob, thank you for sharing!

May love and light always shine upon you!

Love,
Noah Eaton

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