<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=521575" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>Preparation Day</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">The light is fading early today.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Rain turns the whole world to night.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">I drive through watery streets, <br>headlights<br>stretch to bright tapers, <br>red lamps<br>softly trailing<br>blood beneath my wheels.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Death’s details<br>fill my busy day.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">First, the uncut granite, <br>sorted and sized, <br>words neatly arranged, <br>ready to inscribe<br>the bare facts of your life, </div><div style="margin:10px 0">and then on to the small, white house, <br>with its big front window and spring garden<br>hidden behind the black iron gate; </div><div style="margin:10px 0">this is where your party will be.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Our guests will arrive soon, <br>and I must order flowers, great<br>purple blooms<br>to dim this too bright room.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Now we’re nearly finished, </div><div style="margin:10px 0">but first I must see<br>to your final ground, <br>small patch<br>of turned earth, </div><div style="margin:10px 0">and then tomorrow you can finally rest.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Attend us gently<br>as we weep<br>and slowly walk away.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Steven+Federle">Steven Federle</a><div class=q> <img src="https://www.citatepedia.ro/g/32share.png" style="float:left" alt="Share"> <script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=citatepedia" async="async"></script><div style="display:inline-block" class="addthis_sharing_toolbox" data-url="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=521575" data-title="Preparation Day de Steven Federle" data-description="The light is fading early today. Rain turns the whole world to night. I drive through watery streets, headlights stretch to bright tapers, red lamps softly trailing blood beneath my wheels. Death’s details fill my busy day. First, the uncu..."></div> </div> </div>

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