Monday, April 16, 2018

10,734. THE HANDWRITING OF THE DEAD

THE HANDWRITING 
OF THE DEAD
Putting things into perspective works
wonders. I ran across an old slip of
paper today, written on; instructions
by hand of someone now dead. Long
dead. And how strange. Like the ghost
from the bottom now rising to the top.
In Latin, no less  - the name of some
Aster flower : 'Symphotricium pilosum:'
There was more, but it was smudged, 
and then in English it said :'Hairy-white
Oldfield Aster.' I guess that summed it 
up. I looked around  -   nothing left a
shadow though I did not feel the cold.

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