Things that make me happy, Swansong.

 

Swansong.  

The last poem of a poet,  

before his death.  

The name is a reference 

to the myth  

that a swan, 

when she feels 

her death coming, 

once  

bursts into 

a wonderful song.

This myth is found 

in the Phaedo of Plato.  

Socrates  

says here 

on the eve of his execution  

that swans  

before they die  

sing better 

than ever, 

not from sadness  

but out of joy  

over the benefits  

of Apollo  

which will await them 

after death.