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The River of Dead who have Flowed Through my Life..by Robert M. Katzman

Filed under: Life & Death,Philosophy,Poetry & Prose — Bob at 11:09 am on Saturday, July 30, 2011

Saturday July 30, 2011

 

Inevitably

They die

 

Mothers

Fathers

Aunts

Uncles

 

And

Most  

Leave

Evidence

Of their Lives

Behind

Them  

 

Bits and Pieces

for the

Kids

To sort through

 

Might be

Ten Kids

But usually

Just

One

Accepts

The Pain

 

The Others?

They Move On

It doesn’t take

a

Village

to

Disassemble Mom

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