Qing Ming
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-In Memory of Jay+ Q0 e/ ^: W' V) M0 r
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On a bright clear spring day
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+ ^, r" L0 b& T6 @) F3 k% DWe went to visit your new grave.+ p/ Y% }& H6 M, H3 t6 r
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Candles lit, fruit and cakes offered.6 e; d9 [ P1 b3 _0 \: v4 b! S
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Yellow spider web chrysanthemum
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* a& R1 @4 M6 o. c2 o" ?Decorated your newly erected monument.
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4 r9 S2 _) q7 L: ?Ph.D, mathematician, father, husband
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1 P7 D/ h- r3 O- tFriend, forever carved in stone.
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New grass grew on the spot & X5 v/ b; g- S, {5 E0 M
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Where you lay,% B7 w( }3 w* d7 P( C- c
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Soft and tender to the touch
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Fuzzy hair $ @9 B/ K9 Q* K9 L- v& U" z
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The old man in the cemetery told us
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Not to leave anything unnatural,8 q' L d) q2 h+ f& j! P; q5 b2 l! j/ h
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For deer and rabbits
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Were friendly neighbors( |7 G8 j% b. L; T. Q6 }: F5 @- c
. Q8 n2 c9 ]4 u9 O4 Q& ]Sharing the offerings.; F) T1 f2 `' x, Y' d
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We led the children / {, `7 P! I. Q
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Ketou to you.% g+ ]7 L6 O+ W9 j- b
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Your elders stood solemnly watching,1 ?" h: }$ W: W7 L. ^3 i M( j
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Too old to bend.
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Eyes misty, we forced a smile' [3 L$ n+ o `" k4 Q1 k' s
3 }6 V7 b: X7 C+ sFor the camera1 t% J+ Y$ R. q1 Y$ S- m+ Y
9 P A5 u" G- Z3 iTo catch the moment
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4 Y1 j+ W" B6 w2 u$ J. xFor your parents to see.! Q1 z) Y/ H( K" K) K' `' d" I C
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Were you there in the air
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Sharing this moment with us
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Watching the children play?
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9 A' W" t/ {2 {+ y8 T9 F* SChildren enriching the soil) j( u( a) Y" s( T% Q% M
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In the nearby bush.
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They said you could smell+ l( O7 `, b" R% ^
/ _9 o, i! w, ?# i( e0 SThe scented candle and the flavor
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& k7 z1 F. F9 T* \: e, v2 HOf sacrifice. Yet they' Y+ ]4 [: Q% Z! p, F& C
4 }0 U7 |$ T4 @/ {3 eDid not want us to say
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; t) |9 w6 G# J# ^* l7 O- \5 R3 a% ZGood-bye, for fear- A) e1 ~4 c- Q; t0 u5 I2 G
7 o9 W" L) r/ H+ y% `+ f7 ZYou would follow us home / \2 d7 a2 G8 m! k/ @6 J
3 w% d: G6 k# }/ k; \And become a wandering soul.
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So on this bright clear day
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We left you there) r7 ^) K# A( A7 \6 j; B
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