The Poem

The final death  

The final death 


What hands will

One day touch these pages Stack it in

attics Sell it to men

Who callout 

Patiently in noon day heat For paltry 

coins willingly part

with children of my heart These, so 

long hidden From t he world

Go out, orphans, to 

Street corners, markets, 

Other homes, wrapped 

Crumpled, tinged with mould 

Burnt, or buried, in 

Backyards of alien homes 

This, and not my flesh 

will be the final death.