Poem to Death

 
 
     In name of the Lord I forbid you to come
     Into the house where Lord willed for life to bloom
     In name of God I forbid you, death!

     Is there not enough space in the whole wide world -
     In cannons maw and in the steel of the sword?
     In name of God I forbid you, death!

     Go, go far away, whore! Do not stand at the door!
     Do not warm poets home with your icy breath!
     In name of God I forbid you, death!
 
 
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