Eugene Ethelbert Miller

My four year old daughter comes home from school with a map of the world. This
is Africa she tells me. This is where we
come from. Daddy watch me color the rest
of the world. I watch her color Europe red
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on the top shelf
of the closet
in the hat my father
wears on special occasions
...

He watched her move the food in her plate
And he was moved -
He wanted to follow the food to her lips
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sometimes the deaf
hear better than the blind
some men
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snow falling on prayers
covering the path
made by your
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