Qing Ming
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-In Memory of Jay
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On a bright clear spring day
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K# a) y2 f/ |1 |We went to visit your new grave.
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+ q Z) [/ q7 y! t0 A$ wCandles lit, fruit and cakes offered.
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Yellow spider web chrysanthemum! V. B, ?2 e! }. s0 r( o. J2 M
- u* u$ ^" o0 Y$ f# o8 ODecorated your newly erected monument.. ?0 e! F5 ~$ U# n5 t% r
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Ph.D, mathematician, father, husband
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Friend, forever carved in stone.9 F2 g& p' y2 i6 R B/ c& x
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New grass grew on the spot 1 f/ y# o8 V5 A& A
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Soft and tender to the touch
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( z3 k$ U0 ^+ V& B$ i2 K* l2 UFuzzy hair $ q1 q3 E: x9 q7 R
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The old man in the cemetery told us
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Not to leave anything unnatural,
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; B! o) a* L# K. `/ qFor deer and rabbits
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. w' e" R( I) _5 p; HWere friendly neighbors
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Sharing the offerings.* m7 v) q* j& ~- i
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, Z4 e4 w7 d; v! Q+ \* @+ K W- AWe led the children - I e1 N/ ?7 Z* C1 n
3 D) \4 P$ l( }. V7 M, HKetou to you.
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Your elders stood solemnly watching,
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7 ]+ j8 W! V$ d# b7 |6 PEyes misty, we forced a smile
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For the camera
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- O6 Q3 A) @7 j* c% x1 JFor your parents to see.- J. W, g8 y( |( a! r
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Were you there in the air8 ]! A) L9 t2 X1 y" Q
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Sharing this moment with us
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Watching the children play?
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% f9 l, F# b9 }* h: K9 a bDon't think you would mind
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Children enriching the soil
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& u& M- Q3 c, _! ^+ {9 V* t" MThey said you could smell
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/ @9 I& N1 A* XThe scented candle and the flavor+ T4 j9 K# N! Q# o5 E+ Z/ ~0 j, L
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Of sacrifice. Yet they% N: z8 F) e0 P
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Did not want us to say" A a# j6 x) I4 }4 o
M; i2 z3 P' [+ ]Good-bye, for fear
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1 t, u' h4 J) K5 L w! G) JSo on this bright clear day! B* N0 t2 _* V; Q/ s$ u8 O
/ h R/ N- C9 q# V: i! t; SWe left you there! N: U) C& X0 f+ G0 i- N' k
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When the day was still young. |
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