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What I Was Told

Linda Golden

When I die take some parts of me
To make someone’s life better

Cut my hair, a piece of bone, a sheath of skin
An organ or two

I was told all parts of me must be buried
Together to be holy

I will myself to be useful
Even in death

Then take what is left
Make ash and fly it to the wind

In the oak grove behind the old house
Let the flakes nourish the ground

Leave the things I kept
In the hands of those I hold dear

To keep or move to more useful
Places spread close or far

If my words prove useful
Pass them to your progeny

Then all will be well
Made sacred by the sharing

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