Such a waste of nourishment
To cremate a body!
Yet why bury someone
For maggots and worms to squirm in?
Why embalm them?
To look good at a funeral?
No other benefit from the leathery mannequin.
A good place to be put is
On a hillside in Tibet for wildlife to chew,
Or in a valley seeping in soil like compost
With consequences that keep on giving
When we reach the end of living.
Oct. 23, 2019
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