The Big Burn

<p>THE BIG BURN is a tale of ...</p><p><br></p><p>Life death love and redemption - amidst a booming business of burning up dead people Viking-style.</p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p>Ray nodded and pulled on his leather work gloves. About the body he knew only what he had to know - it wasn't big it wasn't heavy and he would soon be lighting a massive bonfire to burn it up. All the way up like ashes to ashes dust to dust burned up.</p><p><br></p><p>Skinny dipping is an acquired taste definitely ain't for everyone Big Tom </p><p><br></p><p>agreed as he poured another shovelful of ash onto the sifter.</p><p><br></p><p>Kim Keeney loved a mom she hardly knew and that's what Ray saw. She </p><p><br></p><p>wasn't just a hottie looking for a dude though Ray was sure she was and </p><p><br></p><p>further that he was that dude.</p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p>Every funeral supervisor's worst nightmare is a body drop and Ray was staring right at it.</p><p><br></p><p>I found Jesus in Des Moines said Bonnie her voice lilting like a child who had discovered a bird's nest filled with eggs. He was on the radio talking to me.</p><p><br></p><p><br></p>