Thursday, June 6, 2013

A GOOD MAN HAS DIED

 
 
A good man has died,
A true friend to me,
And to many others.
 
His ashes are in that urn,
On the altar.
 
It is not all that is left
Of a good man.
 
But it is all that is left
Of his familiar body.
 
Ashes
 
Terrible and precious.
 
 
Phyllis Carter
 

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