Improvisations: Light And Snow: 04

On the day when my uncle and I drove to the cemetery,

Rain rattled on the roof of the carriage;

And talkng constrainedly of this and that

We refrained from looking at the child’s coffin on the seat before us.

When we reached the cemetery

We found that the thin snow on the grass

Was already transparent with rain;

And boards had been laid upon it

That we might walk without wetting our feet.