Qing Ming
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) j5 t" n. Y; r' R5 C" vOn a bright clear spring day4 t% ?) T) H, e
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We went to visit your new grave.
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5 y F! g9 M8 \# P# M% t, H3 ^Candles lit, fruit and cakes offered.
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Yellow spider web chrysanthemum
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Decorated your newly erected monument.+ X) G+ ?1 q l( M. X. [1 X
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Ph.D, mathematician, father, husband. G# k+ G7 v% Z9 ]5 \/ t
- T/ n4 U/ Z2 y8 X/ wFriend, forever carved in stone.' Z' E1 Y5 G6 v8 `: L3 R) E
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- M% G. Y' l; S& cNew grass grew on the spot
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Where you lay,
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! s6 E' o, }7 w$ ISoft and tender to the touch
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Fuzzy hair 6 N9 [0 c8 Y5 I g' E O6 F: a
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On an infant's head.
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/ l t; W" p' o2 gThe old man in the cemetery told us* }7 H! K6 a" F3 ^2 T+ V" l: P% s
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For deer and rabbits , P9 u& j& [! b' p$ C1 C
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Were friendly neighbors
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6 ?+ l1 \" u0 g, u: X) J' I6 P5 XSharing the offerings.7 u! I- c2 v1 t, ~1 P! M- X3 [
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We led the children
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+ |! A, C. m5 s9 i" ]Your elders stood solemnly watching, S7 W4 d- z% Y+ a' \+ d
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Eyes misty, we forced a smile) {# a4 `/ F3 a' a; W- f$ _3 i- X
& g* {. R+ `- u& n6 [For the camera( z6 E8 `$ e$ ^) T
' ^/ Q: E6 w5 {8 _7 x6 `; \6 I& [To catch the moment6 P5 c8 z+ L* M" ?( ^" A
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For your parents to see.6 c+ }) f# R6 d; [' Q, T9 b& @
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Were you there in the air
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% c. w9 u/ D( `# G! d% ?$ _- u# WSharing this moment with us$ y& ?( Z- F$ Y4 }& {4 c; ^( r
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Watching the children play?
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Don't think you would mind
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. i. Q/ D5 [1 R) e$ r; R$ R" LChildren enriching the soil- ~4 b; _( S! p7 \" N' e `
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- ]9 Y V+ M0 X. a5 }; W( iThey said you could smell! g$ O5 e& }! p/ k+ _# ?
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The scented candle and the flavor! S# v8 w6 E# K$ v; `& S
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Of sacrifice. Yet they
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Good-bye, for fear5 q2 Y2 }8 {& | L. F
/ s8 V9 Y. x2 c$ oYou would follow us home
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And become a wandering soul.1 \) U8 |+ \6 H7 [& ]
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7 D4 f# E. @8 |. e) `6 A$ OSo on this bright clear day
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% s1 h6 l4 m! VWe left you there/ L' e3 s0 J. q; F5 j/ e! p
; a2 x1 \1 I+ I! `- x9 D9 ~When the day was still young. |
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