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The next poem says in my
book that it's for my father,

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but tonight it's for
Mary and Michael Cuddihy.

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The name of the poem
is "Clair de Lune",

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and it's for them because,
not just the poem,

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but that piece of music
is one that we've loved.

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"I play the notes,
familiar old water song.

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Dray horse of grade
school recitals,

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leading children to water, to
that Mediterranean of music.

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French, engulfed like a
cathedral, a rose window.

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Joy of the hands,
each finger a body.

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Ten musicians performing
a chamber concert

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for the perfect audience of two
ears, alone in my empty hall.

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And now the moon
rises over the water,

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as it was meant to
so many years ago.

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My small head setting
slowly in the hardwood

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of my father's piano."

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