Old Woman Census-taker,
Death the Trickster,
when you're going along,
don't you meet my baby.
Sniffing at newborns,
smelling for the milk,
find salt, find cornmeal,
don't find my milk.
Anti-Mother of the world,
People-Collector -
on the beaches and byways,
don't meet that child.
The name he was baptized,
that flower he grows with,
forget it, Rememberer.
Lose it, Death.
Let wind and salt and sand
drive you crazy, mix you up
so you can't tell
East from West,
or mother from child,
like fish in the sea.
And on the day, at the hour,
find only me.
Song Of Death
Gabriela Mistral
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Poem topics: baby, crazy, fish, flower, people, sea, wind, woman, world, forget, Valentine's Day, child, death, mother, milk, I love you, I miss you, Print This Poem , Rhyme Scheme
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