Caretaking Comments

Here on the grounds there are many ways of downsizing, though this sometimes poses problems.

For example, I often begin with the small tombs. Now that the price of plots has escalated, it seems only proper that these graves be emptied rapidly, since keeping the ditches occupied can raise property taxes. True, some of the poorer townspeople have occasionally staged overnight raids, and many a time have I seen a malcontented pauper digging frantically to remove a relative’s corpse before dawn. If only they had talked to me first.
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