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Disposal Not Burial

For the home refuse we dug a pit We bury the dead to forget We bury the dead not of respect My waste frame needs no burial My waste frame needs disposal Jungle wild beasts bury not their dead Yet the remnants live well-fed.

Copyright © | Year Posted 2008




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