Qing Ming
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-In Memory of Jay
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On a bright clear spring day7 C$ q7 o% q+ c6 c
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We went to visit your new grave.
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/ B4 g2 B- x" g- rCandles lit, fruit and cakes offered.
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" h! _* o& X2 F; ?! A% Z, X* `Yellow spider web chrysanthemum2 h- ^/ l! a' Q5 V$ ^0 X" Y
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Decorated your newly erected monument.
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( s7 B) ?. b0 y5 dPh.D, mathematician, father, husband
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Friend, forever carved in stone.8 Z4 s+ g r) V2 A2 z8 ?8 T c# L
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( o+ H3 A, d' I4 `) T9 ZNew grass grew on the spot
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# L$ k1 @) ]* j6 y) o7 WWhere you lay,
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/ q1 j/ z! H$ }7 SSoft and tender to the touch2 m& Q6 ?6 o" Z
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Fuzzy hair . Y, P8 S; }/ d* J/ h) ~% H. u( X
8 G# m7 k R+ ~. x* M. {& m6 ^8 ]7 [On an infant's head.% o. O, p" y; a4 X& x" y- D/ E
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" N6 D* m1 I: [# k( aThe old man in the cemetery told us
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( V( ]1 m2 ^+ u1 k. ^For deer and rabbits : _* }/ ?/ P ^/ R! Y; K
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Were friendly neighbors
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% L" r( b8 h! y3 j: r! q, P( Q8 bSharing the offerings.
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! G! m% b( y) b6 C: h( {We led the children
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Ketou to you./ l2 v8 K! W) W: l; L" F) u
7 ]: t x. ^5 @Your elders stood solemnly watching,8 T3 E) A b' v8 z
" N* T% i; ? h1 ^# z8 gToo old to bend.' ~( ?% o. |/ }" g+ n9 s9 N
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Eyes misty, we forced a smile3 c( E- b1 G# z6 `+ M' U# i
# Y' X1 T3 I) h6 `. M) tFor the camera6 G- Q7 W8 d1 n1 e6 o
2 q& T2 ~* K% _. D' D5 _+ RTo catch the moment
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. o9 [ A' W- \5 h8 e6 G3 o) ]For your parents to see.8 p, I, d) H5 X) L6 M/ |) l8 h
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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?7 d2 m8 j! a7 }7 W$ Y# r; m( y8 ]) Z
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In the nearby bush.4 ^. n5 `/ F7 R6 l% K% L: _8 f$ b
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They said you could smell- H- ]4 m! e) G% H/ i
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The scented candle and the flavor
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Of sacrifice. Yet they
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Good-bye, for fear
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, f& k( w: u3 N- [. QYou would follow us home
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And become a wandering soul.
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( v! y/ N3 ~6 t2 sSo on this bright clear day1 S" Z+ ]. O$ W; m3 N
) C7 B( e% B: n# i2 b3 B: vWe left you there- }$ X& J4 f6 B& D4 W
' |4 |+ q0 }( r' d- b& cWhen the day was still young. |
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