|
|
| Readers Journal weblog/wEssays | home | |
|
Death of a Countryman (Protagoras, November 10, 2007) These country girls are most at ease with death With breeding beasts, with slaughter, and with men Who should desire them and must try to please Rarely they do my love, but that's no mind. Your daughters sit beside you as you die Exchange a knowing glance across your bed Then with calm faces, slightly swollen eyes They pick the hymns they know that all can sing They speak the eulogy the way its done Clear and restrained, no outward sign of grief And after, take the spade in practised hands Throw on the coffin mounds of our black earth And plant the flowers that will bloom in spring. For more on a wide array of other topics, please visit the oftwominds.com weblog. 
HTML, format and art copyright © 2007 Charles Hugh Smith, copyright to text and all other content in the above work is held by the author of the essay as of the publication date listed above. All rights reserved in all media. The views of the contributor authors are their own, and do not reflect the views of Charles Hugh Smith. All errors and errors of omission in the above essay are the sole responsibility of the essay's author. The writer(s) would be honored if you linked this Readers Journal essay to your site, or printed a copy for your own use.
|
||
| Readers Journal weblog/wEssays | home |