Qing Ming
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! R, d# O5 }) ]1 i$ O. l-In Memory of Jay
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5 |3 E/ X& ~3 @1 U% uOn a bright clear spring day: L% A/ V3 e; Y% ?5 [7 I
4 _7 j5 D: s8 p2 v R% YWe went to visit your new grave.
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Candles lit, fruit and cakes offered.
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Decorated your newly erected monument.
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Ph.D, mathematician, father, husband) r6 V3 i- |+ C% g
0 t% D: [) @7 H$ |1 XFriend, forever carved in stone.
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8 v) ^ f$ L7 D2 q: I# ]New grass grew on the spot 3 M' I) x# ~# N3 Y; b- ~* P8 ^
' B- n, g# \ b! ?1 g5 _- tWhere you lay,9 n5 A# p0 M" c
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Soft and tender to the touch6 V4 N9 [! ]5 m0 Y
7 Y" |* @6 }, _% `% f- YFuzzy hair
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On an infant's head. U" V. Z2 s) C7 c1 b, z0 V
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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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8 N" y2 A2 J/ F! F% q7 hFor deer and rabbits
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# R4 `8 W2 ^/ D" z" X) ?4 E/ m9 E4 ZWere friendly neighbors
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! {( p( [- ?: l% SSharing the offerings.( t$ p4 L) e2 [3 S
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6 I9 j& L n4 }- _* h1 Q- tWe led the children # V: g! ]# @3 L }3 Q0 f
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Ketou to you.
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Your elders stood solemnly watching,
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Too old to bend.
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Eyes misty, we forced a smile! C- @, E R) m9 ~( ~
4 F3 q& a8 b1 q$ `( RFor the camera. S$ t# g& v. |
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To catch the moment
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For your parents to see.
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/ d2 W+ `" N# u" \- z, r8 w! }% ?Were you there in the air
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u! |! h, i. l* |, a. U( CSharing this moment with us3 a3 Q, r. t: _9 E5 O5 C
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Watching the children play?
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' q$ ]3 p. ~8 a' ` J- xDon't think you would mind * K- H& ?1 f, m; f9 c" ]2 a
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Children enriching the soil
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In the nearby bush., `, M. `: k; S
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They said you could smell' [& A6 q7 q q- a
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Of sacrifice. Yet they: L, j$ G! g: {1 H+ k
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Did not want us to say8 G0 b. L% Z4 T
' T7 T/ f* y! ]. iGood-bye, for fear
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You would follow us home
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; n& }# U# Q% Y( W& pAnd become a wandering soul.
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, Y# d. \# y8 F% j1 |: O" jSo on this bright clear day( |3 p5 W4 R$ `# l6 `6 B7 x
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