Copper Sun (Cullen)/An Epitaph

by Countee Cullen

For works with similar titles, see Epitaph.

An Epitaph

(For Amy Lowell)

SHE leans across a golden table,
Confronts God with an eye
Still puzzled by the standard label
 All flesh bears: Made to die —
And questions Him if He is able
 To reassure her why.