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genesis-27284	McVeigh, Kayla	Making Arrangements	2023	1	.pdf	application/pdf	181	2	7	- 24 - Making Arrangements Kayla McVeigh You can take my body and have it bound in strips of linen You can dye the strips with turmeric or beet juice Do this so it will be vibrant and uplifting Allow the color to invite you to sit with me To whisper what you can barely speak and then I’d like to take rest in the earth To retire my bones in soil To be composted down You know for me there would be no greater ceremony Do this to help return what I have borrowed in this life Allow me to spark life like whale fall Know better than to think these wishes speak against my contentment with life You know my joy in all phases You know my being present is what moves me to make these arrangements To be here, but taking note of each rotation around the sun See every stage as intentional Shouldn’t this include our most transparent surprise The flesh of my body and feelings of my experiences are temporary But my continuation will be endless	cache/genesis-27284.pdf	txt/genesis-27284.txt