george fillingham

This was my dad’s big date.
Some lessons are understood too late.

He felt lonelier than the sea
When mother died. Now he was left to me.
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All soldiers know the one thing never said
Regarding wars and courage under fire:
Bullets are nameless; you're already dead.
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Vacant Lot, Paducah, Ky

The stairs that lead to the house no more,
That lead to the porch for a knock at the door
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“..., though small
As measured against the All, ....”
Robert Frost
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Everyday I watch the traffic pass,
The same traffic always, all day long,
Rushing this way and that, multi-colored,
Multi-sized, going to work, to the store,
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When Mary found him huddled by the barn
Asleep, his cap pulled down about his ears,
His collar pulled high up about his neck,
At first she didn't recognize him then she whispered,
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“Io diro vero, e tu ‘l ridi tra ‘vivi;
L’angel di Dio mi prese, e quell d’inferno
Gridava: ‘O tu del ciel, perche mi privy?
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I could ask you to turn, to see, to listen,
Hearing, maybe for the first time,
The whew of vulcanized rubber tires,
Inflated to support the weight of the Chevys,
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"Every angel is terrifying."
Rainer Maria Rilke

Everyone has seen them sitting on a concrete bench near the entrance to a home,
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Everywhere is now reduced to three.
Oh, the little towns; they blow away.
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Before Lake Morris was a lake
Eunice married Orten.
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