Every story has a beginning. Every story has an end. Every story has what enlivens it. The root and stem of a story will make you to ask... why?! What is the idea behind it and the purpose of the story of what shocks you.
The poet in "The Tomb Will Tell You A Story" presents a story in its flesh and bone for you to ask the question you will never stop asking yourself or dream about --- the tomb. Why?! Is it what you never expected?