Hardshot: Even Tombstones Die

Stones: Even Tombstones Die

Some are white but most are grey
From time or lack of care.
Appearance means so little
Since no one visits there.

Some were grand but none withstand
Quiet time that tiptoes by
And leaves behind this epitaph:
Even tombstones die.
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Louisville's Eastern Cemetery, born as an act of philanthropy in 1848, was closed by the attorney general 140 years later after decades of overburial and neglect. Now its only enduring monument is the love and affection of those who try to maintain it.