Hiretsukan

Michael Cosgrove

Hiretsukan


The sewage, the human waste. 
Noticed for the first time. 
Tagged and castoff, disowned and disposed without a name. 
Laid to rest in a potter's field. 
Laid to rest in a crowded grave. 
Buried by forced labor working for a prison wage. 
Disinfect and erase. 
Buried by the state. 
Swept under a rug without a name.