Greiner Rests

When someone you know dies, you wonder where they
went. I wonder where William Greiner is on his way
to, right now, and where he is going. For one thing
is certain, this man did not die. It is irrational
to believe that because his body shall now corrupt,
the man I knew, whose... heart is lore in my legend,
it is irrational to believe that he just ceased to
exist... and solely because his flesh shall now
corrupt. No, I suspect he is dealing with law,
on maybe different terms. Maybe he is resolving
some of the even finer points he did not get to
in those days when he taught immigration law.
Who is America, he would say? Who is William Greiner?
He was a person who lived from 1934 till a few moments
ago, and that's exactly who he is. A man who once lived,
and yet somehow, mysteriously... remains, at least to
me in conviction.... alive.