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For conversation

With the dead,

Attend to ceremony;

Avoid the grave's

annoyance, speaking

always gently:



Earth, bone,

And winding sheet

Let this spirit

Come to me--

Yet send it

In peace,

Or not at all.



If it come,

It should be offered

White wine

Not red;

And knelt to,

For pity.

Look to the left,

Look to the right,

Look into the glass

And say these lines:



Quicksilver

Mirror silver

Show me

My true face.



Look at the eyes:

If their black centers

Be shrunk and small,

The mirror lies.