Robbing the Graveyard

I heard from the local news that burial grounds are now the subject of burglary. About $42,000 in value. Some people were stealing the flower vases, which are made of brass and costs in the neighborhood of $500.00. In another park, another theft was reported: the urns were missing.

From where I came from, the cemeteries are in no way a place where you could imagine to do immoral act. Cemeteries are spooky places where ghosts live. It's a place where you don't want to be, especially at night. If you are wicked, then, the unseen dwellers in the graveyard are more wicked than you are. Even if a graveyard is a place for the dead, it is very much alive, with the power of the supernatural that can hurt you, haunt you, and scare you to death.

But here and now, cemeteries are what they are: memorial parks. A park where you can stroll by, linger, visit without fear, and yes, steal from the dead.