Vacancy, For Rent

walking the streets of a small southern town... empty buildings, empty houses, 'vacancy, for rent' no one moving much, even the church parking lots are empty.... seems like Jesus and His disciples packed up, and moved on... probably looking for work! only a sense of quiet despair, the sound of old cars rusting, and the howling of a dog. just read the news: an elderly couple, married 67 years, murder suicide... he'd been sick, she had alzheimer's.... afraid there'd be no one to take care of her... another unmarked grave, forgotten people, abandoned by their own government..... another empty house that used to be a home... 'vacancy, for rent.' just walking the streets of a small southern town... church bells are ringing... and the smell of death hangs in the air!