There's been a Death, in the Opposite House

There's been a Death, in the Opposite House, As lately as Today — I know it, by the numb look Such Houses have — alway —

The Neighbors rustle in and out — The Doctor — drives away — A Window opens like a Pod — Abrupt — mechanically —

Somebody flings a Mattress out — The Children hurry by — They wonder if it died — on that — I used to — when a Boy —

The Minister — goes stiffly in — As if the House were His — And He owned all the Mourners — now — And little Boys — besides —

And then the Milliner — and the Man Of the Appalling Trade — To take the measure of the House —

There'll be that Dark Parade —

Of Tassels — and of Coaches — soon — It's easy as a Sign — The Intuition of the News — In just a Country Town —