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-In Memory of Jay' ?) G" f$ D6 w5 O4 n
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On a bright clear spring day5 q' l7 ? q# c0 `8 \
& A5 W9 Z- L/ \: X* L3 _; Y. {We went to visit your new grave.. R. Q: `) A" @7 R1 I
9 M4 b( \! u3 BCandles lit, fruit and cakes offered.
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8 D( V% T$ K8 {) J1 `/ UYellow spider web chrysanthemum
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Decorated your newly erected monument.& _5 ?7 e: @- E
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Ph.D, mathematician, father, husband- _' }7 r1 g. e' a4 U; Q( A. q2 ^
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Friend, forever carved in stone.
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New grass grew on the spot
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Where you lay,+ S- `2 ?7 u& f; n6 a
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Soft and tender to the touch- h9 D4 W7 q" k5 V5 J
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Fuzzy hair 5 G6 w7 e) Y1 V
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The old man in the cemetery told us
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4 Q) h6 `! m: Y" G' i, LNot to leave anything unnatural,
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( K# D& }2 I; G/ A' Y) O1 FFor deer and rabbits
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Were friendly neighbors
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2 \% w: \! G, N w: J n( |- `Sharing the offerings.
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We led the children % _3 f2 t+ |" X$ q
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Your elders stood solemnly watching,+ c* }, u3 I8 o0 Q Z/ d. G
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Too old to bend.5 {" g3 u3 w. X4 Y/ j
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Eyes misty, we forced a smile# a) Q. }# M$ h1 j. G$ w
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For the camera
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! h+ J% q4 q8 u, x- WTo catch the moment
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For your parents to see.$ I$ O, _- P+ H+ z
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p1 ^3 o' }' DWere you there in the air! @. W; E$ e+ _+ C/ x; H
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Sharing this moment with us
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Watching the children play?- p9 O- L" U3 b) S. \8 U8 _
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' P7 q! Y. n* [. zChildren enriching the soil
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- ^ d) n. b- D6 O. P. cIn the nearby bush.
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They said you could smell
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Of sacrifice. Yet they
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And become a wandering soul.
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