October 2007
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Hell Notes and Flowers →
In the United States, like in much of the world, offerings or tributes to the dead are quite common. Wreaths and flowers laid across tombstones during Memorial Day are a form of ancestor worship we are all accustomed to. The term “ancestor worship” tends to dredge up images of primitive pagan cultures worshiping their grandfathers as God, but the practice of showing respect and honor to the dead...
breathless and trembling teeth bear down on twisted sheets a modest demise
“ Don’t they know… satan is afeared a soap.”
– Mamma Sue on the lack of soap at baptisms.