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Forgetting the dead

An Iranian friend told me
that they started in Tehran
to dig graves between
existing ones, and then
above and below. This
was about 40 years ago.

Now, all plots are reused
And there aren't any
older graves or stones
where no one mourns,
not like here, he said.

Tristan Moss

If you have any thoughts about this poem,  Tristan Moss would be pleased to hear them


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