Now should great men die
in turn one by one
to keep the mind solemn
and ordained, the living
attend in dark clothes
and with tender weariness
and crowds at television sets
and newstands wait
as each man’s death sustains a peace.
The great gone,
the people
one by one
offer to die.
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