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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