The Paupers Cemetery

Photo by Toa Heftiba on Unsplash

The paupers cemetery crowns a hill alongside a fenced dog park and no one pays it any attention. The second headstone from the left in the back row tilts slightly to the right and has no name engraved on it. I wish someone would straighten that particular headstone. The county comes in a few times a month and mows the sparse patches of grass that checkerboard the grounds. But no one straightens the second headstone from the left in the back row.