When They Died 1

When They Died

When his father died,
it was his father who died:
clear, clean, contained.
He wrote poems about it --
even essays, for chrissakes --
because he could see it
because he could contemplate it
describe it
describe his contemplation of it.

Because he could.

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	When They Died
	When his father died, it was his father who died: clear, clean, contained. He wrote poems about it -- even essays, for chrissakes -- because he could see it because he could contemplate it describe it describe his contemplation of it. Because he could.
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