o my roseycolored mouth
how you have grown pale
still I cannot comprehend
all these candles lit for me
in a fog of tears..
birds cry in the humid vale
the casket cannibal we fear
has kissed your inmost heart
night has fallen fallen on the hour
over your body so sudden so cool..
farewell to thee..
farewell o time of dalliance
welcome o worm concomitance
here I stand before thine wall..
already they approach and weep
cortege of torch and prayer steep
mourners wailing in a heap
hold their breath and quietly
cut the last loaf of bread
I alone in my white sheet
no more moon and stars will see
In guileless graveyard song.
