Dirge Without Music (Revisited)
After Edna St. Vincent Millay
I am not resigned to
hard ground
beyond memory or record
into the darkness
wise, lovely
lilies and laurels
I am not
the earth
resigned to darkness
dull, indiscriminate dust
what you felt, you knew
a formula a phrase
lost
the honest look
your eyes
feed the roses
fragrant blossom
indiscriminate dust
do not approve
into the darkness
gently, quietly
I know
lilies and laurels
am not
resigned.
(might be part 2 of an Edna series - tentatively: “Five ways with Edna St. Vincent Millay")
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