Death & Dying
For a Pessimist
From Color (1925)
Death & Dying
He wore his coffin for a hat,
Calamity his cape,
While on his face a death’s-head sat
And waved a bit of crape.
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MLA
Cullen, Countee. “For a Pessimist.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/cullen/35/.
Chicago
Cullen, Countee. “For a Pessimist.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/cullen/35/.
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