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(Poem) Met in Passing

Met in passing (written for my grandpa - Jack Darland)

To eyes alone
small

slumped shoulders
the weight of life and years heavy
upon them

shuffled steps betray their burdens

but there is more than meets the eye

the cat now gone leaves behind nine lives
and more
formed or touched

the greatest wish of all fulfilled
a better world for having lived.

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