In The Boneyard

The dead speak to us. The dead speak to us in cut stone and fresh

green sod.  In white marble altars. In moss stained granite. The dead

speak to us from the ground. In bronze and copper, in floral bouquets.

The dead speak to us on a mountainside, near a river. The dead speak

to us in an abandoned cave, a broken wooden cross. The dead speak to

us, silently in our thoughts.