Pine Mountain Cemetery VI
           Decoration

Wish you’d just look at this place.
Decoration they call it, more’s like
A party plumb off its rails. Look

Close and see the handiwork
From each branch of this here clan.
They make a regular mark.

Howard’s favor daisies, Hensley’s
Partial to dinner plate dahlias,
They being a bit fancy minded.

Sargeant’s partial to purple flags,
Clem’s always fashion red carnations.
Tacky, raggedy flower little loved.

Roses? See over there by what
Goes for a fence. One little Pope,
Baby, but soon man and wife left.

Never looked back is what I heard tell.
If you don’t visit the grave, does it make
The sadness seem like it didn’t happen?