Sunday, September 24, 2017

Countee Cullen / A Brown Girl Dead



A BROWN GIRL DEAD 
by Countee Cullen


With two white roses on her breasts,
White candles at head and feet,
Dark Madonna of the grave she rests;
Lord Death has found her sweet.

Her mother pawned her wedding ring
To lay her out in white;
She'd be so proud she'd dance and sing
to see herself tonight.




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