On the last day
Of the year,
Death, dressed
Up to the nines
For the night
And in arrears,
Crept quick
Behind my
Father,
Stole his
Soul away
Without a word,
And fled
Like any
Merrymaker
Late.
So call death
To a pause,
For I do not fear him,
Though he shall me.
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