Lawrence Hall
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                                  Cemeteries are Dangerous Places

                          “The dead with charity enclosed in clay”

                                            -Henry V, IV.viii.119

A friend wanted to visit the bones of her people
And give their graves some ****-killer and tending
I was deputed to follow along:
Cemeteries are dangerous places

The cicadas droned through the midday heat
While respectful dust covered the leaves
And my pistol remained discreetly pocketed:
Cemeteries are dangerous places

You never know if you’ll end up in one:
Cemeteries are dangerous places