Ashes by MMario


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Grandma Got Run Over By A Reindeer, But Rita Got Returned To Wal-Mart OMAHA, Nebraska (Reuters) - A Nebraska woman who received an ornate box for Christmas and returned it to Wal-Mart without looking inside discovered later it contained the ashes of her recently deceased sister, a newspaper reported on Friday. Judy Money received the box as a gift from her brother who lives in Iowa. But after unwrapping the package on Christmas Eve she saw the box had a broken knob and decided to return it to Wal-Mart without ever looking at the contents inside, the Omaha World-Herald reported. When Money later confessed to her brother that she had returned his gift, he told her the box contained the ashes of their sister, who had died Dec. 11, the Herald said. Marvin Tippery, Money's brother, told the Herald he was shocked when he found out she had returned the box. "No, no, you didn't! Your sister was in there," the Herald quoted him as telling Money. Money told the Herald she made a mad dash back to Wal-Mart, but the box had already been thrown out with the trash. Money and her brother finally found the box on Thursday amid trash piles at an area landfill. "My prayers have been answered," she told the Herald. "Just the thought of having her in the dump was awful."

Ashes by MMario
(Tune: Memory from CATS!)

Ashes!
All alone in the dumpster
Has my family forgot me?
Once again, I'm alone

In the darkness
Mold and garbage collect around me
And the worms, begin to crawl

Ashes!
Still alone in the dumpster
I remember the old days
I had a body back then

I remember a time
I knew what living well was
Wish I was living, once again

Still the dumpster seems to shimmer
A winter cold dark warning
Some one mutters, the lid goes shudder
More trash soon is coming

More light!
Someone searches by flashlight
Sister comes to my rescue
(but I will not forgive)

On her mantle
She puts me on constant display
In a new box, bought today.

No more broken, Walmart boxes
No more trash bins and dumpsters
A new urn holds me, a new wheel turning
Another life unfolding

Ashes
Do not ever forget me!
How you thoughtlessly left me
Threw me out with the trash

If you think you
Are forgiven you should think again
Look! I'll haunt you
Once again!