The Way of All Flesh

[cyrano]

Today A took J and I out to the Memphis cemetary to visit her mom. Since this part of the country tends to have a smidgen more history than the west coast, I took the advantage to wander into the remote corners and indulge my inner history major.
More than once, I pointed and said "This is what history does" at some display of how time eats everything eventually.


I recommend you click through to the larger photos--there's a lot lost in the sizing.


It doesn't matter how hard history tries to hold on. Time gets a grip.




And once it has a hold, it won't let go.




Until you reach the end--the blank slate, which of course is also the beginning.




Some of us, of course, are trouble makers. And we make things difficult for time. We thumb our noses at inevitability, trying to make ourselves just a little bit more immortal.




This, of course, usually ends badly. Time does eventually break those attempts.




Which doesn't stop some of the more stubborn of us from getting out the duct tape and epoxy to taunt it once again. (I personally couldn't help myself from trying to brush away the lichen and moss on a couple of occasions, but mostly restrained myself.)




These two, tucked away in a corner, are slowly being overtaken by the wilds.




The good news is, there is no sin so great that Memphis will not take you in at the end.

Comments

[starherd.livejournal.com]

punchline FTW. XD

[cyranocyrano.livejournal.com]

I saw that and laughed. I had to get a picture.

[roseneko.livejournal.com]

I really need to get you a copy of The Graveyard Book.

[cyranocyrano.livejournal.com]

Hrmmm. My birthday is coming up and I would be thrilled to receive it, even if it's not on the list of things I wanted you to give me. (:

PS: I've been trying for the past few days to get to the library and check out a copy of Anansi Boys. Today I may be successful.

[roseneko.livejournal.com]

Does your library have an online catalog/hold system? It's rather useful for those in-demand items; you can check to see if they have it in stock before you leave, and placing a hold gives you a few days' breathing room.

[cyranocyrano.livejournal.com]

I'm fairly certain they do, although I know the one in MV would only hold it if it was checked out--if it was on the shelf they'd some 'come down and get it you lazy bastard'. But it has been on the shelf for three or four days, so fingers crossed.