Mourning routine

Spent each day’s first hour trying to bring up phlegm

Coughing a lot, hope it’s green and not red

No coffin for me when I’m dead

Drive me out to some sylvan selvedge

Mention the names of my invisible mentors

Do not expound on my derangement, my lacking mental faculties

Year of mourning wearing black clothing, rarely leaving my home.

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