Wrap a noose round
Pink Morning.
Hang him from a tree.
Suspend him in the day-time.
Bury him when its dusk.
Make it quick and griefless
No lingering at the end.
No prayers or cries
or white linen.
Just a marker for his grave.
May 13, 2014
Pink Morning
By sjlavery
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