Death & Dying
For a Singer
From Color (1925)
Death & Dying
Death clogged this flute
At its highest note;
Song sleeps here mute
In this breathless throat.
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MLA
Cullen, Countee. “For a Singer.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/cullen/27/.
Chicago
Cullen, Countee. “For a Singer.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/cullen/27/.
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