40 Death’s old woman does house- keeping

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Death’s old woman does house- keeping,

swinging her broom, making room,

heartless of heartbeats, sweeping, heaping,

dust in the brain, dust in the tomb.

 

Spry and sprightly, her spring cleaning--

fall away flesh--  fall away meaning--

hurries remains to the rubbish heap.

At her window pane the unborn peep.