SUMMER DAY AND DOORS WERE OPEN
STREET NOISE AND CHILDREN LAUGHING
SCHOOLYARD BESIDE THE CHURCH
FUNERAL IN PROGRESS
FRIENDS AND RELATIVES GROUPED IN SORROW
CASKET WITH SIX CANDLES STANDING GUARD
THRU THE DOOR BY MISCHIEF WIND IMPORTED
MILKWEED SEED WITH WHITE WINGED FAIRY FLIGHT
TO LAND UPON THE CASKET DULLY GLEAMING
A RESURRECTION SYMBOL
BRUSHED OFF BY ADULT TO CAPTURE YOUNG CHILD'S FANCY
WHO BREATHES ON IT TO GIVE IT NEW BORN FLIGHT
AND UP IT SOARS TO PLAY IN DUSTY SUNLIGHT
RAINBOW COLORED BY HOLY WINDOWS STAINED
CHILD WATCHED
FORGETFUL OF HIS SORROW
TILL SERVICE WAS DONE
. CASKET SLOWLY WHEELED OUT
WITH FAMILY FOLLOWING
LEAVING THE MILKWEED DANCING IN THE SUN
FRANK A VOLLMER
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