Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, GIVE ME FLOWERS NOW, by NETTA LINDSEY



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GIVE ME FLOWERS NOW, by                    
First Line: Why must you wait to bring flowers to me
Last Line: Nor a costly monument placed at my head.
Subject(s): Cemeteries; Death; Flowers; Love; Sympathy; Graveyards; Dead, The; Empathy


Why must you wait to bring flowers to me
Till my eyes are closed and I can not see?
Why must you wait till I am dead
For all your kind words to be said?
I want to see and smell your flowers;
Your kind words would ease my lonely hours.
I want your love and friendship now;
Why wait till death's hand has touched my brow?

It may be that after I am dead
There will be things you'll wish were said.
Give me now a few words of cheer
To brighten the days that are dark and drear;
I do not want flowers after I'm dead
Nor a costly monument placed at my head.





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