MY DUST

MY DUST

My dust I shall have spread
Into a flowered terrace bed
Or into the staffs of a music score 
But I shall not choose anything more
That it shall ever go
Into the black earth for weeds to grow
Crunched under shoes or wagon wheels
With the smell of horse dung on its heels
Copyright © | Year Posted 2025

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