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Here Lies Emily

April 10, 2014
By HaleyBre BRONZE, Richland, Mississippi
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You are perfect my darling, there is no flaw in you.<br /> Song of Songs 4:7

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Here lies Miss Emily Grierson,
To us your father was truly fearsome.
Roses are red,
Homer is dead,
Now we're glad you're no longer nearsome.

© Micha C., Toronto, ON, Canada

The author's comments:
This poem is a epitaph for Miss Emily Grierson in the short story "A Rose for Emily" by William Faulkner.
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