Dust to Dust

Dust In singular form; an innocuous particle Barely noticed, faintly seen In plural; a nuisance In multiples of infinity; blowing through the plains of Oklahoma, a bowl of dust that defines a generation Dirty, Filthy, Gritty, Sordid dust Crushing dust Blinding dust Lethal dust Barren fields Causing barren towns And barren wombs And, before their time, countless tombs Earth to Earth Ashes to Ashes Dust to Dust