Last Burial from OK City

Last Burial from OK City

A Poem by Geralyn Miller

The last victim who died

in the Oklahoma City Federal Building bombing

was buried today,

in Tennesse

.

Alvin Justus, a lonely veteran,

often spent his days at the Federal Credit Union,

enjoying the company of the employees.

 

In the beginning,

no one missed him.;

until his landlord

wanted the rent.

 

He died with his only friends,

The only people who would have missed him.

© 2010 Geralyn Miller


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the matter of fact peel back of this reality gives the poem a deep inhale quality~and there at the end one comes up for air~ wondering how many walk as unnoticed ghosts among us until something is required of them~ deeply poignant and moving~

Posted 14 Years Ago



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Geralyn Miller
Geralyn Miller

Phoenix, AZ



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I was born in the year of the Dragon, and am prone to roaring for amusement's sake. I have been writing poetry since I was eight. That's right, fifty years of poetry, all written in longhand. In ad.. more..

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