. . . I’m sorry, please stop.

Stop 

Yes.  Please.

 

 

she put her hand to her mouthcleared her throat

he remained stopped

 

    This was conversation you had with your daughter over the telephone.

Ja

Why were you talking about that?

An idea I had for square coffinsspace saving Why shoud everyone be buried laying on their backs whaif they werent back sleepers

                               Id guess most people arent so why enter eternity on their backs

    You sleep on your back.

Ja but my shoulders are shit from surgeries

                                               On occasion I do sidesleep but knowin when I turn in an hour  maybe a touch more   pain will wake me an Im back on my back again

I think people woud prefer burial in the fetal position

 

Square coffins

                Thas how our discussion of rigor mortis set in  Decomposition

As I thought Enzymes begin breaking down muscle protein in threefour hours  the body becomes elastic pliable again

Fetal position

Square

 

You don’t think that’s a bizarre conversation for one to have with their daughter?

No Im not being buried

                          Im thinkin either an industrial Waring blender  made into a smoothie or  or   as my daughter mentioned  tossed in a bagfetal a mycelial burial  let mushrooms have their way with me or   or a First People open air scaffold burial unburied

    I think it’s bizarre.

Please

         You know me to be bizarreJa 

took a deep breath

                        You’re right.   I don’t know what I was thinking.

That’s you.

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