sweet auburn | 2022 volume ii
Silver Plus One :
A Thank-You to Mount Auburn Cemetery
Text and Photos By Hilary Hopkins Mount Auburn Volunteer
C rouched in front of the monument , clipboard in
one hand and flashlight in the other , I try to empty my mind so as not to let preconceptions cloud my perception of what the faint marks on the old marble might be . Angling the light over the eroded words , I imagine entering the mind of the person who selected them . Is that a TH ? Does that say “ DEATH ” or maybe “ EACH ”—? Or something else ? What words did a grieving family choose to commemorate their precious lost one ?
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