Laundry List

The stranger walks toward the children, who walk
into the sky. A lesson is born. There are those
who'll say we're better for it. Not us, though.
We were born to ignore warning signs and deny witness tampering.
Otherwise we'll keep to the agenda forged for us.
Tinned elegies. 'That' pretty much encapsulates
it while our time on the planet ambiguously finishes.

And though we were nominated for honors,
others ascended in our place, were silent
in the enveloping paradox. Invited to inspect old cars,
few realized what he or she was assenting to,
nor how a blank wall turned state's evidence bloomed
into a parlor of paranormal events and happenings -
just what we'd expected of the leafless afternoon's bestirring twitch.

'Most storied' - I'm getting there
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