“I’ll be Damned”
Dead and buried.
They could barely wait for the stink of decay.
The grave was fortified.
“No one will steal this corpse.”
“No false conspiracies by its theft!”
An official seal.
A detachment of guards.
Secured.
Decay could provide evidence.
Religious establishment elated.
Civil uprising avoided.
At least some were content.
But, only for a while.
There would be no stench.
One could almost hear—
“Well, I’ll be damned.”
Richard L. Brewer
8/13/2020
Mediocre Meanderings 