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What should we do with the body<\/p>\n
After the vultures have gone<\/p>\n
Poked, prodded and abandoned<\/p>\n
Of all dignity shorn.<\/p>\n
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The crematoriums are bursting<\/p>\n
The pyres have all been lit<\/p>\n
They fill the graves and rivers<\/p>\n
Hoping the gods do their bit<\/p>\n
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(Where do the gods go, then<\/span><\/p>\n Those to whom you pray<\/span><\/p>\n What can we do with the bodies<\/span><\/p>\n That burden us today?)<\/span><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n I thought I\u2019d say a few words<\/p>\n Mumbled in my head<\/p>\n You sought to drown your grief<\/p>\n In speechlessness instead<\/p>\n \n We\u2019ve finally become immune<\/p>\n To Death, breathless and bawdy<\/p>\n We look but do not \u2013 cannot – see<\/p>\n Because we know not the body<\/p>\n \n (Where do the gods go, then<\/span><\/p>\n Those to whom you pray<\/span><\/p>\n What can we do with the bodies<\/span><\/p>\n That burden us today?)<\/span><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n We sigh and shake our heads<\/p>\n We protest to alleviate pain<\/p>\n We drown desperation in scotch and ice<\/p>\n And talk of how much it rains.<\/p>\n \n The petrichor returns each morning<\/p>\n Masking the stench of decay<\/p>\n But what shall we do with that body<\/p>\n That refuses to go away?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" What should we do with the body After the vultures have gone Poked, prodded and abandoned Of all dignity shorn. The crematoriums are bursting The pyres have all been lit They fill the graves and rivers Hoping the gods do their bit (Where do the…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1620,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,441,5],"tags":[5772,5133,3074],"class_list":["post-138013","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-marathon-poem","category-poetry-prompt-responses","category-poetry-prompts","tag-2023fullmarathon","tag-thepoetrymarathon","tag-prompt14"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/138013","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1620"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=138013"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/138013\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":138042,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/138013\/revisions\/138042"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=138013"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=138013"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=138013"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}