'Woman places corpse of husband in closet. <br />Linah B-,64, said her husband died <br />In October 31 in either 1977 or 1978 and she <br />Put him in a closet because she <br />Couldn't pay for a proper burial...' <br /> <br />Might've been a good case <br />For Perry Mason if foul play <br />Had been suspected, but <br />The authorities got to the bottom <br />Of the matter when they <br /> <br />Got the call from the workmen <br />Painting the house. <br />Seems there was a little more than <br />Plaster-of-Paris on a closet floor <br />Than the woman let on. <br /> <br />One might wonder at the woman's stead <br />To bear the dead crime, <br />'No, J- is not home today, ' <br />No one the wiser what lay <br />In the closet's keep. <br /> <br />It'll probably be the 'in' thing now- <br />Home Burial. <br />Little women will squirrel <br />Their loved ones away- <br />Where the dead never leave the house.<br /><br />Edward Steinhardt<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/love-letting/
