Graveyard Gossip
The grass stands small
Standing together in perfect order
More respect that way
So the Lilies say
The Lilies, huddling in groups
Whisper their snide remarks about the Roses
Each clustered in delicate heaps across stone slabs
“They fade so quickly”
Interject the haughty sunflowers with faces of darkened shine
Above them all, glossy feathered crows cackle in mock humor
At all the petty ladies below
At their brief lives spent in lying forgotten
To die atop the cold, grey stone
The crows, with their freedom, mercilessly peck
At the flowers and dig holes in the grass
To where the worms hide
The worms, citied below the ever dug-up ground
Frenzy to sink lower
Six feet below
To where dinner lies forgotten
Packed in convenient boxes