<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=560930" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>Learning to Die</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">Death is not sudden, death does not grieve, <br>Death takes a while to achieve.<br>Death comes in layers; <br>Death is the mouse<br> From under the couch<br>At three am, and from under the stairs.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Death is the tumour on my mother’s skin, <br>Death is a jackhammer pounding in.<br>Death is a scrabbling crab on all fours, <br>Death is a jaguar on rough padded paws, <br> Lurking in the oven doors, <br>And hiding in the bureau drawers.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Death is the lump within my breast, <br>Death is the invited dinner guest.<br>Death is the cadaver, <br>A slab of cold meat<br> That lies on a plate.<br>Death is the wall of frozen sleet.<br>Death to me comes much too late.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Caroline+Misner">Caroline Misner</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=560930" data-title="Learning to Die de Caroline Misner" data-description="Death is not sudden, death does not grieve, Death takes a while to achieve. Death comes in layers; Death is the mouse From under the couch At three am, and from under the stairs. Death is the tumour on my mother’s skin, Death is a jackhamm..."></div> </div> </div>

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