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Chaptered, quartered, and left to rot

liquified tissue runs down the arms

carrying this carrion back to the living

for their psychological well-being

ceremonial closure




Each chuck of the pick sends shivers

one known since the beginning

anticipation of the unavoidable




Botched ground, ice and stone

rising sea levels

burial above ground in a stone pod

cemented shut and left to rot

so the civilized can rest in peace