The Order of The Good Death

The Compost Burial of Lil’ BunBun

Order member Shannon sent these photos from her father’s compost pile in Texas, where a bunny crawled in to die.

I don’t like… KNOW this bunny or anything (and it’s dead now so I’ll never get to talk to it) but man I like its style.  Instead of dying by the side of the road or in someone’s storm drain, it hopped into the place where natural material is supposed to decompose and rot and snuggled in for its final rest.  Picking a spot with leaves and flowers makes it especially poetic.

If your heart wasn’t warmed enough by this natural, poetic gesture, Shannon reports that another bunny, seen below, was standing vigil next to the compost pile.

Posted on March 19, 2012 by caitlin
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  • Susan Brinkley

    That made my lip quiver. Sweet bunnies. So nice that there was such a lovely place available for him to die.

  • Mary

    Likely the bunny was sick and crawled into the compost because of the heat the pile generated.