POSTHUMOUS FAME

The impeccable nature around us needs our death

the scarlet mouths of the flowers demand it

let spring come back only to leave us again

that we’ll remain just shadows of shadows

the bright light of the sun waits for our death

then we’ll see another triumphant dusk as this

before we leave during an April evening

just to descent into the dark kingdom down below

that only our verse may be left behind

only ten of our verses will remain

like doves to chance castaways set free

to deliver their messages of time lapsed

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