Even in driving by
feeling the sense of relief
Letting them rest
the dead buried in the ground
covering their graves
A bit more commotion
the sound of the trucks
giving them perpetual care
honoring our dead
April 9, 2010
Pembroke Street Cemetery
Pembroke, NH
finally being cleared of downed trees
after the windstorm of
February 26-27, 2010
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