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Terra Verma

Going Out of Business Sale

By Gerard DiLeoPublished 3 years ago • 1 min read
Chop locally

He was supposed to be dead

That's naturally assumed

When you can't find the head

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He was supposed to be buried

Entombed and inhumed

His rot, in situ, unhurried

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He was supposed to be food for worms

At terra verma, six feet consumed

But murder, they crowed, duly confirms

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He was supposed to be interred in the earth

But was dug up, brought to the mall's food emporium

For Black Friday, offered for less than he's worth

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Support local stiffness — chop locally

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Gerard DiLeo

Retired, not tired. Hippocampus, behave!

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    Written by Gerard DiLeo