Half of humans dig<\/p>\n
Half of humans bury<\/p>\n
Thousands of years: dig up<\/p>\n
Last year: perish the thought<\/p>\n
People have caught feelings<\/p>\n
about how people minus souls<\/p>\n
should be washed<\/p>\n
spread out<\/p>\n
scented<\/p>\n
I have never had ashes.<\/p>\n
I am the half that digs.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
The half that bury<\/p>\n
wear the sign of<\/p>\n
death workers,<\/p>\n
death workers have<\/p>\n
death<\/p>\n
cross the street<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
The half that dig are up for<\/p>\n
smells,<\/p>\n
for telling a rock from a tooth,<\/p>\n
for finding a wall, or finding no wall<\/p>\n
for pockmarking the landscape<\/p>\n
we live with<\/p>\n
changes<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
The half that bury do not change<\/p>\n
They have a color to wear<\/p>\n
They have hands that don’t<\/p>\n
notice some hands are dead<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
They may be diseased<\/p>\n
They live with formaldehyde<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
The diggers look forward,<\/p>\n
fling what’s found over shoulder<\/p>\n
keep going<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
The buriers are present<\/p>\n
There are always more<\/p>\n
There were always some<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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