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Tomb-Stoned Sepulchre

"Tomb-Stoned Sepulchre" is a wistful slice-of-life vignette written by Scottish writer Russ Cavanagh.

“Between ninety and four-fifty for a crown
but I recommend an inlay at three-fifty.”

His words breezed out as if we were of course
equals participating in some healthy economy;
sadly a notion no longer within my reach.

So I aired my stand-by line oft used for levity
and to hide embarrassment on such occasions:
“I know I look rich but I’m not” - confirming
with no trace of envy, “I’m not a dentist.”

Though I have time to decide still, I suspect
my now-over-sixty visage will transition closer
to that witnessed in any Texas crack whore’s
police mugshot as yet another late-life
extraction proves inevitable.

Anyway, I learned some time ago to accept how
fate leads us all ultimately into a tomb-stoned
sepulchre.




CC BY-ND 4.0 Russell Cavanagh 

 

Ecclesiastes 3:20 (KJV)

20 All go unto one place; all are of the dust, and all turn to dust again. 

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