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by: Edward Rochester Esq - Mon, 22 Aug 2022 23:57 UTC

Passing

Went to touch base with my father today,
hot and humid where his flat brass plate lays,
name, rank, birth, death; no tree to shade
the rose I lay, no songbird homes, flight only,
over the shells of those concealed by earth.

Devoid of history; his contribution
to family and country, no mention
in brass, but remembered, clear as a bell,
by me… my mother that lays next to him,
her brass noting ‘wife of’, everything
stripped, edited as if a passing fancy.

They wouldn’t recognize today’s interests,
more fixed, they’d be on the lawn, garden,
cool evening stoop
on a day as today, one that melts the skin,
shrivels that waterless Rose, I’ve dropped.

Such passing’s as if just passing’s,
until the chirp of a bird broke the silence
making my trip well worth the visit.

Edward Rochester Esq.

"It's kind of fun to do the impossible." -- Walt Disney

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