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The Caretaker

The Caretaker S t e p h e n G r a h a m J o n e s here I fo u n d him was deep in a W ednesday night, about tw o hours in to my patrol. He was ju st standing there, the headstones o f St. Andrew 's spread out all around him. Like if he d id n 't move, m aybe I w o u ld n 't see him , right? Just part o f the scenery, officer. Yeah. Fourteen years and I'm stupid enough to fall fo r that. And, ju st being in there after hours, no m atter w h a t all you 're not doin g, that's enough to get you pulled in. A t least if it's my d u m m y lig h t you 're standing in. Cemeteries aren't play­ gro un ds, respect fo r the dead, all that. You can call it crim inal trespassing if you w ant, but th e priests never push that hard, even if th e ir stone angels have been top ple d over.They're real good at forgiveness, I guess.That o th er cheek http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png English Language Notes Duke University Press

The Caretaker

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Copyright © 2009 Regents of the University of Colorado
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0013-8282
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2573-3575
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10.1215/00138282-47.2.109
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S t e p h e n G r a h a m J o n e s here I fo u n d him was deep in a W ednesday night, about tw o hours in to my patrol. He was ju st standing there, the headstones o f St. Andrew 's spread out all around him. Like if he d id n 't move, m aybe I w o u ld n 't see him , right? Just part o f the scenery, officer. Yeah. Fourteen years and I'm stupid enough to fall fo r that. And, ju st being in there after hours, no m atter w h a t all you 're not doin g, that's enough to get you pulled in. A t least if it's my d u m m y lig h t you 're standing in. Cemeteries aren't play­ gro un ds, respect fo r the dead, all that. You can call it crim inal trespassing if you w ant, but th e priests never push that hard, even if th e ir stone angels have been top ple d over.They're real good at forgiveness, I guess.That o th er cheek

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English Language Notes – Duke University Press

Published: Sep 1, 2009

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