A RAFT OF NEW CINQUAINS

Speaking
to the deceased
in obituaries
is becoming more commonplace
nowdays.
~~~

The sad
hanging basket
of Mom's old begonia
finally showing some delicate
pink buds.
~~~

Workers
at Gettysburg
found Civil War bullets
while cutting a fallen oak on
Culp's Hill.
~~~

Buried
artillery
shells still viable all
these decades since the Vietnam
"conflict."
~~~

Polar
bears outnumber
folks in Norway's Arctic
Svalbard. Bear attacks killed one lad,
alas.
~~~

Some folks
are making good
money stealing copper
from churches. Have they no respect
for God?

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