Qing Ming
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-In Memory of Jay+ m) `* u, _7 c# _7 J3 a
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: K9 c, a9 Z* E: ~On a bright clear spring day1 R" l0 \! b. O% i: Y+ b6 m; f5 l2 l
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We went to visit your new grave.9 e( ^8 `7 h6 Y2 H# D9 g% Q
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Yellow spider web chrysanthemum
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" M) U3 [% ]6 @) xDecorated your newly erected monument.4 k1 J7 G# r/ K2 O) }6 @/ u
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Ph.D, mathematician, father, husband
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0 k# G2 C4 X' ` q$ h" }7 q) W9 C, GFriend, forever carved in stone.
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New grass grew on the spot
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1 a1 ` b& |( R R7 FWhere you lay,6 |% M0 c& _" |2 @) R* N0 n
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Soft and tender to the touch2 ~# | u( T2 \ A/ R- x# D
( S5 R7 A# m$ s' c. uFuzzy hair
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On an infant's head.+ F+ V- A D6 t/ x1 S( F+ s4 z
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! }$ H6 O& M( E6 H: AThe old man in the cemetery told us) Q6 l2 F; _/ L
' J& g+ z" L; a: zNot to leave anything unnatural,
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For deer and rabbits
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Were friendly neighbors/ j% m4 i3 J6 @/ K+ ?, r7 C# r
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Sharing the offerings.
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We led the children . t b; `' {' J5 b: h% l
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3 A+ S8 A. j+ e1 M9 ~Your elders stood solemnly watching,+ q! T$ W) F* A- z- R
& Y5 Y0 f9 e4 Q4 B- G+ RToo old to bend.) N- c" Z4 p1 B5 n
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Eyes misty, we forced a smile. } D3 m: k* @ H* U2 u' j
5 D0 r7 F$ a2 ^# u- R1 N, eFor the camera- n0 W5 A0 D8 X7 G2 G4 A) u" U, d
4 q1 A: A2 w/ _6 u2 i% @To catch the moment
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For your parents to see.# E, a r4 X+ P
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$ ]" v' a. u d5 S6 p1 I/ Z5 ?$ LWere you there in the air) V& a- A: J& E2 U7 L3 r
4 {5 X8 @ j$ r8 X4 m; p$ dSharing this moment with us
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Watching the children play?
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+ D D0 k$ n( s# f1 d6 hDon't think you would mind
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5 m8 N. N/ I; r5 z$ X9 ZChildren enriching the soil5 ^( C7 }+ ?1 C' C4 P" L: E! W9 h
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In the nearby bush.
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9 a# j. s _! `4 s( VThey said you could smell
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The scented candle and the flavor
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. _ F- o2 L- k' ]4 O/ uOf sacrifice. Yet they, e5 r, z; d" f% K/ T/ L
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8 d- V0 b# H1 h1 g$ G: |Good-bye, for fear% u, x0 C5 b' T* i
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You would follow us home
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1 z6 |% K; E8 A# M9 ~And become a wandering soul.& ?/ V$ h" x* U+ \
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So on this bright clear day
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We left you there2 l; }7 g6 H4 D
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