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   They Laid Him Down

                                                                  Warren Crane

We laid him down. 
Tucked the sheet
Divvied his purse 
Prayed at his feet

Where the dead go
The living can’t know
What’s left to endure.    
Our sorrow and woe.          


Warren Crane  ©.  2026  Used with the permission of the author.

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