Monday, March 23, 2009

March 23



On a hill above the tiny town of Pescadero, side-by-side cemeteries overlook the green hills.

This grave has:

A music stand with two rain-weathered books

Two plastic bottles of water

One compact fluorescent lightbulb

A coil of wire

A bulletin board with push-pins

A ballpoint pen

A large seashell

A white box with four rocks, a dried corncob, and a fresh peach

And the 4th Edition of the Norton Introduction to Poetry.

But no name, no dates.


Mt. Hope Cemetery
Pescadero, California

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