I looked in the graveyard of my
childhood and found TRUST.
I looked in the graveyard of my
youth and found HONESTY.
I looked in the graveyard of my
adulthood and found COMMITMENT.
I am old, looking grave and I
WONDER.
Later the townsfolk asked,
\"Who is buried yonder where the
field lies fallow–
an unmarked grave
dug so SHALLOW?\"
Augustus / Folsom, LA / December 2016