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Poem of the Month August, 2010

Poem of the month for August, 2010. Nominated and voted on by the members of Poem Online.

Title: Dignity
Post by poemblaze on Aug 14th, 2010 at 1:23am

Dignity


I have not seen the pyres
beside the Ganges
at Varanasi,
bodies burned to dust
on stacks of sandalwood
among tourists
and souvenir hawkers.

I only saw the local undertaker
arrive in a white RV with gold trim,
chrome ladder on the rear door,
and load you in.

Its battery also dead,
you waited an hour
of late June afternoon
in a rolling living room
with no A/C
for an actual hearse to arrive.

I chose to believe
you were as stoic
as ever.

 

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