||   My father's funeral --
C|  
O|     old friends call me
P|  
Y|       by my childhood name
R|  
I|         listen
G|  
H|  
T|  
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1|  
9|  
9|  
7|   His ashes damp
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B|     we wandered behind our house  
Y|  
||       in the night snow
R|  
I|         on the pond
C|  
H|           listen  
A|  
R|  
D|  
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d|   
e|  
G|  
A|   The froth of white caps
R|       
I|     blowing backwards 
S|  
||       in a plume --
D|  
O|         how he loved this moment
B|  
L|           listen
E|  
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C|  
O|  
P|  
Y|  
R|   At Durgin-Parks restaurant
I|  
G|     I eat the same
H|  
T|       halibut, cornbread
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1|         as my grandfathers
9|  
9|           listen
7|  
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B|  
Y|  
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R|  
I|  
C|   Walking past
H|  
A|     the orphanage playground --
R|  
D|       my wife and I talk
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d|         of having a child
e|  
G|           listen  
A|  
R|  
I|  
S|