Qing Ming
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-In Memory of Jay. Z9 C) _. m$ o0 S1 l1 |/ B5 N
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On a bright clear spring day
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We went to visit your new grave.: q7 t9 C& U" I3 [9 n# k' \! q/ u
+ x4 s1 a% s" c2 I7 O2 T" J- `Candles lit, fruit and cakes offered./ Q1 Q$ k4 E2 Z
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Yellow spider web chrysanthemum6 Z/ i9 m9 _( p9 d
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Decorated your newly erected monument.
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9 [& I- B' U$ E9 [6 L" k0 @Ph.D, mathematician, father, husband7 Y7 z$ E1 h; i7 Z& c$ P
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Friend, forever carved in stone.
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) V/ ^; R: z3 }2 MNew grass grew on the spot
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5 X4 ]! q; l/ M1 dWhere you lay," S, |+ P* r j2 D' \: \' C- b
/ l! H' _9 @; d% F& |: iSoft and tender to the touch( u* \4 b i9 b3 @% u8 G' Y8 X
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Fuzzy hair
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, P) N8 L# G' o1 s" T+ oThe old man in the cemetery told us( e+ ], o) c8 |" C6 m! Y! o: N1 {
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For deer and rabbits 0 I y$ P* a" G% c3 p
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Sharing the offerings.3 `+ @+ Y$ U1 f: l! i- H
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6 B w2 l# y. g! i& K. `6 oWe led the children 3 T5 U( N$ g% y* J
. F. O. a) e2 x/ k) I: G( AKetou to you.
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Your elders stood solemnly watching,& n- a% N& v* x8 y
7 c" }7 D' a7 K fToo old to bend.
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9 M& F/ k$ s6 E P! f$ |Eyes misty, we forced a smile
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! `: B' @0 `) X2 `$ _+ XFor the camera
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To catch the moment
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For your parents to see.
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( ]% h$ P/ a0 h) [+ C2 x$ L/ y7 SWere you there in the air1 n- _4 S: S+ Q2 x( ~5 Z9 _4 D
5 R# c& W- M5 ISharing this moment with us& ?5 b* D3 ^& H$ d+ P! u+ t
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Watching the children play?8 c1 n6 z1 M5 i+ o2 Q" _
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Children enriching the soil
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The scented candle and the flavor
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Of sacrifice. Yet they
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) k! s& w* ` D; DDid not want us to say
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Good-bye, for fear$ h9 W9 e) }- O6 _8 o( O
, j1 C9 q# A3 J1 [0 F' AYou would follow us home / \! A6 P4 }: b1 Z6 F' C
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And become a wandering soul.4 S7 t. L5 U0 _' o9 S
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