~ A Flower For Chuck TO GREAT AUNT CELINA AND
; - GREAT UNCLE EARL
She smiles AT CHRISTMAS TIME.
- and he
being like that <#
forges ahead AS THE SNOW GENTLY FALLS TO THE GROUND
WE ARE REMINDED OF THOSE WE CHERISH THE MOST.
Your hair could ALTHOUGH WE MAY NOT BE TOGETHER ~
he a-dandelion OUR LOVE IS SENT OVER HILLS AND VALLEYS.
— — Sorta AS WE DECORATE OUR CHRISTMAS TREES
One Pan ae WE REMEMBER WHERE EACH ORNAMENT CAME FROM
or springy maybe WHO GAVE IT TO US, WHO MADE IT
[mean AND WHAT IT SYMBOLIZES TO US.
it looks nice
and everything... AND AS WE SIT AROUND THE PIANO
SINGING CHRISTMAS CAROLS AND DRINKING COCOA
-like WE FONDLY THINK OF THOSE
dandelions? WHO ARE NOT ABLE TO BE BY OUR SIDES.
“AND AS CHRISTMAS MORNING ROLLS AROUND
she takes WE STOP TO CALL THE ONES WE LOVE
‘ic Rand .TO HEAR THEIR VOICES AND SHARE THE JOY. ,
peel e TO WISH THEM MANY HAPPY RETURNS OF THE NEW YEAR.
to dance :
stowly SHARING, CARING, GIVING, AND LOVE.
decidedlieedivart RELATEVES, FRIENDS, NEAR OR FAR. ;
4 hater THE AGE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN YOUNG AND OLD IS FORGOTTEN
aka é >= BECAUSE THAT IS WHAT CHRISTMAS IS ALL ABOUT.
oes ;
he imagines
her moving closer me
her cheek
and a hand
against his chest
her hair
2 which still reminds him ny =
of that tiny :
conglomeration
of parasols
tickling his chir A TALE OF ONE PLANET
and he can feel A grindstone,
her pause T
and breath That earth,
like the dipping ~Bathed in red skies,
of a paddle ; Breeding breeders
into the black still ; :
of a morning lake Tn a gitlotine-
folded back upon Adventure.
itself See the humpbacks—
she looks up London Paris
at him
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her head shaking z i ers elsevigre;
gently Collecting daystars:
and he can A Green Day here,
feel her eyes :
laughing A holiday there,
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still holding his hand . svisivt ed tl geare
tells him For everybody.
that people call her Emerald
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the dandelion thing Universe,
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