Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, A BOON, by MARY LOUISE MORGAN


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A BOON, by                    
First Line: When you die / as soon you shall
Last Line: No more.
Subject(s): Tragedy


When you die
As soon you shall
Give your gold and silver trinkets
To those worldly friends
I hate.
I ask this boon of you
No more—
That in a three-inch urn
Dug from some ancient grave
And covered with a patina of tragedy and love
You let me keep the ashes
Of your head and hands and heart—
This boon I ask,
No more.





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