Selecting a Burial Plot in Amicus, Our Hometown
Too humid for October. My wife and I
meet the cemetery representative. Maps unfold
on the tailgate of his Ford Ranger and we turn them
to orient the graphic to angels and obelisks.
On the last slot available in Section Seven,
Row F, a few tardy dandelions show off
like a bow on this present we give ourselves,
happily married nearly fifty years.
We wonder if we are too conscientious
having checked no return of ashes
and signed our body donation forms
in old-fashioned loops of sincerity.
He says the cost includes perpetual care,
two cremations allowed per plot,
no plastic flowers please, the full amount
payable by check or credit card.
Our stone will be polished gray granite
with sand-blasted names, dates,
though this is not the best way
you could get to know us.
Having purchased this eternity, we feel
unsatisfied the way anthologized poets,
(the parenthesis under their names
filled in), have had their body of work laid to rest.
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