the cemetery in key west

is buried in hurricane water
     except for the catholics
who get a little extra lift
from the cross

the latinos and latinas

proudly display
de colores
     otherwise keeping a low profile

jews keep their foundations

intact
even to the point
of segregating the suicides

most likely

there are quakers
buddhists
atheists
agnostics
protestants
unitarians
bahai
and many others
who defy most definitions
but speak with their silence
or absence
by choice

--- e b bortz