Inheritance

siblings dance in separate corners of the universe

unfriendly and distance since the funerals

bodies placed into the ground unconditionally;

time honored traditions ignored with

convenience taking the high road to eternity

and melodrama ignored for the sake of children

who had made no determination about those

with whom they had had little contact;

within moments, souls were freed and

personalities saved when the sermons spoke

unraveled all the mysteries of the day.

3 October 2020