Because she was claustrophobic
she dreaded being buried in the ground
when she expired from this world
she knew it was silly, when you’re dead
you’re dead, or so they say
but the thought of being smothered
under the ground
nearly drove her out of her wits
she opted to be cremated instead
apparently being burned to death
was more palatable to her
but when she died her wishes were not honored
and she is buried in Green Hill Cemetery
smothered under six feet of suffocating soil
occasionally in eerie moonlit nights
people say they hear muffled screams
coming out of Green Hill Cemetery
I hope they’re not hers.
Bob Boyd