Old Cemeteries
In old New England cemeteries
weather-worn slate markers hold
each name with tenacity
while the teeth of time slowly grind
each letter until its name disappears
as if it had been no more than
a frozen breath of frost etched
on a sunlit window pane.
Copyright © Maurice Rigoler | Year Posted 2025
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