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IT ALWAYS \u00a0AMAZES \u00a0ME \u00a0HOW \u00a0THE \u00a0COLD, \u00a0IRON \u00a0 GATES OF \u00a0WOODLAWN CEMETERY BECKONS<\/p>\n

AS \u00a0WE \u00a0PASS \u00a0BY \u00a0THE \u00a0GRAY, \u00a0BLEAK, \u00a0STONE \u00a0MAIN \u00a0OFFICE, \u00a0THE MAUSELEUMS \u00a0GREET \u00a0US \u00a0ON \u00a0THE \u00a0RIGHT.<\/p>\n

BUT \u00a0THEN, \u00a0WE \u00a0SEEMINGLY \u00a0ENTER \u00a0ANOTHER \u00a0WORLD, \u00a0ALMOST \u00a0LIKE<\/p>\n

WE \u00a0ENTERED HEAVEN \u00a0ITSELF!<\/p>\n

FOR \u00a0HERE, \u00a0IN \u00a0THIS \u00a0MORBID \u00a0PLACE, \u00a0WHERE \u00a0DECAYING \u00a0BONES \u00a0AND FLESH \u00a0LIE\u00a0\u00a0JUST \u00a0A \u00a0FEW \u00a0FEET \u00a0BENEATH \u00a0US, \u00a0SPRING \u00a0HAS \u00a0SPRUNG!<\/p>\n

THE \u00a0BRIGHT, \u00a0CRISP \u00a0COLORS \u00a0OF \u00a0THE \u00a0CHERRY \u00a0BLOSSOMS \u00a0AND \u00a0PEAR TREES, \u00a0STAND \u00a0PROUDLY \u00a0IN \u00a0FRONT \u00a0OF \u00a0THE BROOKSIDE \u00a0MAUSELEUM.<\/p>\n

THE \u00a0BLUEJAYS \u00a0AND \u00a0THE \u00a0ROBINS \u00a0CHIRP \u00a0INCESSANTLY, \u00a0AS \u00a0WE \u00a0CATCH THE \u00a0ECHO \u00a0OF \u00a0THE \u00a0BABBLING \u00a0STREAM, \u00a0 MEANDERING \u00a0DOWN \u00a0THE<\/p>\n

HILL \u00a0TOWARD \u00a0THE \u00a0ROAD.<\/p>\n

ONE \u00a0WONDERS \u00a0IF \u00a0THE \u00a0THOUSANDS OF \u00a0SOULS \u00a0BURIED \u00a0HERE, \u00a0 ARE TELLING \u00a0THEIR LIFES\u2019 \u00a0STORIES — THRU \u00a0ALL THIS \u00a0CHATTER ,<\/p>\n

AS \u00a0YET \u00a0ANOTHER \u00a0SPRING \u00a0BURSTS \u00a0FORTH \u00a0IN \u00a0ALL \u00a0IT\u2019S \u00a0VIBRANCE!<\/p>\n

_______________________<\/p>\n

J.L. Lobel \u00a0 9.5.2015<\/p>\n

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