Close My Coffin

Close my coffin slowly,
I have a final poem to recite.
Close my coffin slowly
I will have another word.
Close my coffin slowly
As I say farewell.
Burn my coffin quickly,
Scatter my ashes well,
Read my poems widely,
And get me out of Hell.

Don Knipschield
6/15/09
I was going to archive this poem and leave it until my next illness.
But with everyone in a memorial mood, I thought perhaps other poets would see themselves here. DHK