this cemetery

has not been mown
in quite a long time.
moss grows on the walkways.

a headstone is fallen over,
lies face-down
in the grass.

fear not the moths
flitting among clovers,
nor the slow footsteps
of your local ghost
taking her strange sabbath.

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© 2023 nessa jasper

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