by Richard Hacken
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| The Bios Urn is a fully biodegradable urn designed to convert you into a tree after life. But is it okay with Pope Frances? |
New guidelines came out this past Tuesday from Vatican City
Regarding burnt human remains, whether powdery or gritty:
Set them neatly in places that are sacred and Catholic-approved;
They should never be scattered or otherwise randomly moved.
They should not be compressed into dice or shot deep into space:
They were once a live human, so show them the requisite grace.
Don't partition your loved ones (who've suddenly gone caput)
Between Mantua, Aspen and waters just off of Beirut:
Resurrection makes difficult repatriation of soot.
It's more pious to plunk our deceased into boxes beneath
The terrain and to add a memorial ribbon or wreath!
So rather than storing your mom in a crate on the shelf,
Understand the subtext into which such theologies delve:
"If you claim to be faithful, then don't make an ash of yourself."
Richard Hacken has published in TheNewVerse.News a few times. He has also translated into English seven poetry collections of Galsan Tschinag, a Tuvan shaman from Mongolia who writes in German.