Everybody's Ready for the Big New Crypt

Faces gather around, showing
their dilapidated age, the sun has taken
its monumental toll.
First time through, most believed
the invention would work ñ instant
preservation. Until citizens began thawing
out early.
Now the huckster is trying to sell
Crypt 2.0, We will Chill You just right,
a garish banner declares, but no oneís
buying it, remembering the horror last time.
Until one brave soul steps forward,
steeped in vanity, climbing in with a pack
then following behind into the ice.

J. D. DeHart is the author of the chapbook, "The Truth About Snails". His blog is jddehart.blogspot.com, and he is a staff writer for Verse-Virtual.

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