Bill Grace Poems

My daughter informs
She will put my ashes with the Statue of Liberty
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My daughter informs
She will put my ashes with the Statue of Liberty
Her mother does not concur
The discussion is of consequences
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As the black sheep of my family
Perhaps it is no accident
I have this thing for the black cat,
Not that I don’t love the gray one,
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As the black sheep of my family
Perhaps it is no accident
I have this thing for the black cat
Not that I don’t love the gray one
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The dog has decided not to die
He tells me with his bright eyes – sentinel ears
He is not done only the pain medication is done
The three inch step into the living room is too much
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The cute young woman in her Honda
Does not think of her gated community
As a compound, a.k.a. ‘the Kennedy compound’
I can not read her mind
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The function of religion
Is to save us from ourselves.
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Start with two parents who have a sense of destiny denied
Add one child or nine as with the Kennedy’s
Gently fold in years of education be it formal or informal
Remember Lincoln birthed the Gettysburg
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When death comes to those we love
It is not the thing of the academic funeral
But force which rips and tears the soul
Requires the ointment of time to heal
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Words that buzz through my head
Words my eyes behold
Only sex and ties of love more powerful
Only God more present
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