The Bell Chimes

sizzling rays
of the solar disc
strike the earth as burns;
the bird of silence flies,
while a gravedigger
gashes its wings
with the blade of his spade.
the bell chimes:
hands shiver
but carry on digging!

the grave has been dug
and the mourners have
gathered around it.
the earth
opens its mouth
to gulp its morsel:
the bell chimes:
no one hears,
save the gravedigger!

with the brush of its
dark, cracked lips,
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