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Feb 2019
We are Graveyard Family –
we each have something buried here
Six feet and two months under –
suffocating beneath words and
sweet dreams and
Tennessee
Time heals all wounds
Time heals all wounds
Time heals all wounds
And the rot sets in
And I keep your spare rib close by –
A glowing ember for when it gets dark
It gets dark a lot here –
hold
you
close
Let Him work His magic and
build me a body from your suffering –
cough a breath into my soul
This is how you bury your dead
Written by
Anna Skinner
239
     --- and Henry Akeru
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