One stood alone,
three beside the oak tree.
A few dotted
turquoise pastures,
fields, a dozen scattered
around hairpin
curves to the college campus.
At night they glowed
through the years,
one wooden cross for each life.
When the town widened
both lanes and straightened
the newly lit road,
no one could stop
the mayor who pulled
and tossed armfuls
like stiff weeds into trash bags.
Now the mothers, fathers,
and loved ones have nowhere
to dry their eyes.
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