Good Night, Because We Must
poem 114
death
lyric poem
playful
Good night, because we must, How intricate the dust! I would go, to know! Oh incognito! Saucy, Saucy Seraph To elude me so! Father! they won’t tell me, Won’t you tell them to?
Good Night, Because We Must - meaning Summary
Curious Farewell to Mystery
The speaker offers a brief, playful farewell and expresses eager curiosity about an unseen truth. Ordinary details like dust meet a sudden invocation of a hidden, saucy seraph who eludes explanation. The poem mixes childlike questioning and urgency as the speaker appeals to a paternal figure to reveal what others refuse to tell. The result is a compact meditation on mystery, absence, and the desire for knowledge before leaving.
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