First Line: I JUST CAME ON IT LIKE A RAKE IN THE GRASS Last Line: IN A GUST OF CHERRIES AND CINNAMON Subject(s): DEATH; MEMORY; MOURNING; DEAD, THE;
Full Poem Text Available at https://books.google.com/books?id=kQ0wAAAAQBAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=MARGE+PIERCY+%22THE+SMALL+EARS+PRICK+UP+ON+THE+BUSHES%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=EQWcVbLrA9WnyASVk5qwDA&ved=0CDIQ6AEwAg#v=onepage&q=TOO%20LONG%20DEAD&f=false