Tell Me Now
by Grace Clifton, Kiowa, OK

To Whom It May Concern

I would rather have a little rose
From The Garden of a Friend
Than flowers strewn around my
Casket when my days on earth must end
I would rather have a living smile
From one I know is true
Than tears shed round my casket
When this world I did adieu.
Bring Me all the flowers today
Whether Pink or white or red
I would rather have one blossom now
Than a truck load when I'm dead.