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There’s plenty of room in heaven
but not so much room on earth
the family plots much smaller now
the plots more than the worth
for while the dead are laid to rest
the grave attendants do their best
to give the departed a bit of room
to lay out a headstone for their tomb
Monuments sit from end to end
with pathways passing round the bend
while family members go on a search
for gravestones resting by oak or birch
I’m sure it’s not what the alderman craved
as tombstones turned the gardens, paved
yet re-interred if its a matter of cash
and the bodies burned and turned to ash
The Inkwell 