here lies the man

Here Lies the Man.
_________

Here lies
the Man..
That Sleeping
Shell of Soul.
(or corpse
Eternal.)

Flowers cannot
mask the stench
of this Heart
which ceased.

(nor Birdsong
stifle his Screams.)
_

Days spent in
Drunkenness
served as
Tribute to
his Wasted
Life..

which ended
abruptly in
a bar fight
after three
beers, five
whiskeys
and the thrust
of a Knife.

followed by
the despairing
wails of a black
eyed wife.

(who probably
Loved him out
of Spite.)
_

Here Lies
the Man..
a sad-sack
of bones laid
unfitfully to
Rest in a cheap
wooden chest.

Flowers cannot
mask the Death..
which robbed
him of his Breath.

(and May His
Corpse Die
Eternal.)

j.s.h.