hovering with density and luminosity of mist...

In the ancient world, people placed heavy stones 

on the graves of the dead so 

their souls would not wander and inflict the living. 

I always thought this was simply 

the practice of superstitious and primitive people.

But I was about to learn that 

the dead can hover

on the edge of our vision 

with the density and luminosity of mist, 

and their claim on the earth can be 

as legitimate and tenacious as our own.

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- this is one of my favorite quotes from this film which is set in southern louisiana, a place near and dear to my own heart - and but one of several issues that it forces the viewer to contemplate -