Qing Ming
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; V0 Z+ P3 y3 i1 m* `$ V-In Memory of Jay
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" P) j. j% X2 XOn a bright clear spring day( @8 L+ p; B0 v! A) u. b
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We went to visit your new grave. D$ Z4 D& L0 A" U; m; f' h
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Candles lit, fruit and cakes offered.
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Yellow spider web chrysanthemum# o8 H' [) Q( Z; s7 g4 ~" I8 G
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Decorated your newly erected monument.
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Ph.D, mathematician, father, husband. H% X( F( c) b$ ^; t' G
5 q4 B# I/ u5 {2 DFriend, forever carved in stone.
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3 q/ W* c' B* _1 Y% T+ T- U6 gNew grass grew on the spot
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Where you lay,
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Soft and tender to the touch
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Fuzzy hair
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8 m; A! h) y; ~9 [1 ^8 V) EOn an infant's head.; a* ]/ D3 d: `4 [8 Z2 T b# H
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The old man in the cemetery told us
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For deer and rabbits
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Were friendly neighbors/ v Z7 {5 [9 s
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Sharing the offerings.+ x: b" y K) s
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' i( C4 y& W+ ]8 L" {* E) _We led the children ; r ~4 c1 G+ e# Z$ Y
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- q" c/ V. y& A3 J$ q" AYour elders stood solemnly watching,
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: A" C4 m7 s$ O! k! W8 uToo old to bend.
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9 N7 C" @$ j: R% y" c. HEyes misty, we forced a smile
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, T; |9 t X) g* M4 bFor the camera
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To catch the moment
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. }$ p4 V6 P& P5 {6 c3 o; fFor your parents to see.
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% t. j! I7 r) }1 E7 ?( t) ]0 aWere you there in the air7 G3 Y8 P: x2 D, n: R9 o$ ~
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Sharing this moment with us
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* n( {. Y1 m* e# F& ~ ?Watching the children play?
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Don't think you would mind
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Children enriching the soil
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; ~9 s, U! Y+ {9 c6 R( GIn the nearby bush.
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9 B6 c2 Y1 w' p& _4 A6 LThey said you could smell" H: s) ]+ r3 p: U
( q- z2 z: O qThe scented candle and the flavor$ f+ G5 K0 c. X/ f/ k2 N
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) D9 J4 i0 D" o6 c& z% @Good-bye, for fear8 L' T) \1 X4 o6 t0 A" s, Y6 Q+ {
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You would follow us home
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So on this bright clear day5 C0 q( C2 |: k1 d
1 D3 Q/ Z- u& Z% tWe left you there( b$ D9 r4 b' u9 M
1 P2 E4 S+ h! t: MWhen the day was still young. |
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