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And this is about the
loss of a daughter, not

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a death I'm happy to say,
but just that moment where

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a father realizes that his
child is no longer a child.

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This is also set in Ireland
on a beach on the West Coast

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at the end of summer, at
the end of a childhood.

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Donegal for Ellie,
whose birthday is today.

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"Ardent on the
beach at Rossnowlagh

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on the last day of summer,
you ran through the shallows

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throwing off shoes and shirt
and towel like the seasons.

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The city's years all
caught in my arms

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as I plowed on behind you.

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Guardian still of dry clothes
of this little heart, not quite

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13, breasting the waves and
calling back to me to join you,

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swimming in the Atlantic
on the last day of summer.

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I saw a man in the shallows
with his hands full of clothes,

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full of all the years,
and his daughter

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going where he knew
he could not follow."

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