ecological statisticians

scavengers
of the detritus
of dignity

hunters
of evidence
of the law
of chaos

pretenders
of the objectiveness
of grief

quantifiers
of the death
of beauty

consumers
of the calories
of decay

reminders
of the disease
of sentience

harbingers
of the absolution
of sorrow

harvesters
of the organic roots
of grief

purveyors
of the history
of the forever lost

in numbers