Lawrence Hall
Dispatches for the Colonial Office
LogoSophia Magazine – A Pilgrim's Journal of Life, Literature and Love
A Dignified Transfer
Shocky and stunned, ears ringing in the sudden silence
Trembly hands scooping up meaty body parts
Meaty body parts, sticky blood, greedy flies
All into a baggy, a zippered body bag
A dignified transfer
A curvy fragment of skull, some kid’s curly hair
Is that…? yes…he was so funny…don’t think about it
The living already dusted off, the dead remain
Can we get them out tonight? I dunno, man
A dignified transfer
The president will execute his practiced salute
In a dignified transfer
after the 18th hole
