The lanes to the rusty gate
overshadowed by the white
marble stairs where has been sky
have disappeared
under a maze of roads
Now the clearing is awaited
of the New Cemetery
behind the city wall
beyond the Elysian Fields
where sparrows feast
on chunks of bread and the pigeons
do not dare with a crow
hidden in their midst
capturing a sparrow
The grave covers are dark
here begins the night
in the middle of the day
here you leave the city
life, in the shade
of the triumphal arch
Poem 2100 Amsterdam, 2019-02-16 Grande Arche de la Défense (Great Arch of the Défense) Cimetière nouveau de Neuilly (New Cemetery of Neuilly, 1993) Collection:New Ago Keyword:Death: cemetery / funeral Keyword:France%