His little Hearse like Figure
Unto itself a Dirge
To a delusive Lilac
The vanity divulge
Of Industry and Morals
And every righteous thing
For the divine Perdition
Of Idleness and Spring —
Emily Dickinson
Cockroach
His little hearse-like body
Be a funeral speech
To a deceptive Lilac
And proclaim the Emptiness
Of Industry and Morals
And every righteous thing
Of Idleness and Pleasure
Deserve the sacred Sin—
Who is the hedonist? I bet on a cockroach.