Monday, October 19, 2009

The Gardener


The Gardener
We come to expect death

everywhere we go.

It looks back at us

from the scene of a car crash,

from the news

on the internet

or the tv,

from the alleys behind our homes

when the shot

rings out on a silent night,

from war launched

over differences of faith

or politics.

Death is always watching,

too busy

to let up

for even a moment.

We do deaths work

far too readily

far too easily.


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