The Coffin Shop by Melih Cevdet Anday

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Our new coffins have just arrived.
For women, for men,
For children, for adults,
For the short, the tall, the fat,
For every length and every shape.
Gilded, embossed, marbled,
Our coffins have arrived.
The very latest models.

translated by Sidney Wade & Efe Murad

7 thoughts on “The Coffin Shop by Melih Cevdet Anday

  1. Coffins, not something any of us want to think about, but we should not leave that responsibility to those left. Wicker basket I would like or a cardboard box would do, as long as I am remembered with some wild or garden flowers. Interesting poem.

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