They're finding ancient nails in graves in Rome, on God
Now listen—sometimes you hear somethin’ so outta pocket, you gotta just stop and rewind it. They diggin’ up old Roman graves, right? In this necropolis, this whole city of the dead. And they findin’ these skeletons with iron nails on they chest. Not like, a nail that fell in there, nah. Like, *placed* there. On purpose. To keep the spirits from gettin’ restless, they say. Or maybe to protect the livin’ from the dead. So, you tellin’ me, back in the day, folks in Rome were worried about zombies and hauntings just like us? On God, I thought that was a new thing.
So let me tell you—I’m sittin’ here thinkin’ about how we do things in Detroit. You know, we got our own ways of rememberin’ folks, keepin’ their spirit alive. We ain’t puttin’ no nails on nobody’s chest, not that I’ve heard anyway. But we got our murals, our ghost bikes, the little shrines on the corner for our fallen. It ain’t about keepin’ folks *down*, it’s about liftin’ ‘em *up*. This Roman thing? Sound like they were just trying to get some peace and quiet, even in death. Can't say I blame 'em.
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